Chap. 8.] WATERS WHICH REMOVE MORPHEW. 475 



CHAP. 6. WATERS CURATIVE OF WOUNDS. 



The tepid waters of Albula, 30 near Rome, have a healing 

 effect upon wounds. Those of Cutilia, 31 again, in the Sabine 

 territory, are intensely cold, and by a kind of suction penetrate 

 the body to such a degree as to hare the effect of a mordent 

 almost. They are remarkably beneficial for affections of the 

 stomach, sinews, and all parts of the body, in fact. 



CHAP. 7. WATERS PREVENTIVE OF ABORTION. 



The waters of Thespise 32 ensure conception to females ; the 

 same, too, with those of the river Elatus 33 in Arcadia. The 

 spring Linus, 34 also in Arcadia, acts as a preservative of the 

 foBtus, and effectually prevents abortion. The waters of the 

 river Aphrodisius, on the other hand, in the territory of 

 Pyrrhaea, 35 are productive of sterility. 



CHAP. 8. WATERS WHICH REMOVE MORPHEW. 



The waters of Lake Alphius remove white morphew, 36 Varro 

 tells us ; who also mentions the fact that one Titius, 37 a person- 

 age who had held the prsetorship, had a face to all appearance 

 like that of a marble statue, in consequence of this disease. 

 The waters of the river Cydnus, 38 in Cilicia, are curative of 

 gout, as would appear from a letter addressed by Cassius 39 of 

 Parma to Marcus Antonius. At Trcezen, on the contrary, all 

 the inhabitants are subject to diseases of the feet, owing to the 

 bad quality of the water there. The state of the Tungri, 40 in 



30 The present Bagni di Tivoli. They have other sanitary properties 

 as well, a fact known to Strabo. Martial and Yitnivius also mention them. 



31 See B. iii. c. 17. Called Cotiscoliae by Strabo. They were of a salt 

 and aluminous nature. 3 - See B. iv. c. 2. 



33 Pausanias calls it the " Elaphus." 



34 Isidorus, in his " Origines," calls it the " Lechnus." 



35 In Thessaly, probably, according to Stephamis Byzantinus. 



36 "A\00 ; from which the lake probably derived its name. It has 

 been suggested that the source of the river Anigrus in Elis is meant. Its 

 waters had an offensive smell, and its fish were not eatable ; and near it 

 were caverns sacred to the Nymphs Anigrides, where persons with cutaneous 

 diseases were cured. The water of these caverns is impregnated with 

 sulphur. 



37 Possibly the M. Titius who was proscribed by the Triumvirs, B.C. 43, 

 and escaped to Sex. Pompeius in Sicily. a See B. v. c. 22. 



39 " Cassius Parmensis." See the end of this Book. 



40 According to some authorities, he alludes to the still famous waters of 



