Chap. 38.] AUABIAN HJEMATTTES. 3C3 



IL nil those cases the stone called " schistos " 7C is efficacious, 

 though not in so high a degree as the other ; the most service- 

 able being that which resembles saffron in colour. Applied 

 with woman's milk, it is particularly useful for arresting dis- 

 charges from the corners of the eyes, 71 and it is also very 

 serviceable for reducing procidence of those organs. Such, at 

 least, is the opinion of the authors who have most recently 

 written on the subject. 



CHAP. 38. J:TIIIOPIC HAEMATITES, ANPKODAMAS; TWO REMEDIES. 



AUAIilAX ILBMAT1TK3. MILT1TES Oil IIKPATITKS. ANTUttAClTES. 



Sotacus, one of the most ancient writers, says, that there are 

 five kinds of haematites, in addition to the magnet 72 so called. 

 He gives the preference among them to that of ^Ethiopia, 73 u 

 very useful ingredient in ophthalmic preparations and the com- 

 positions which he calls " panehresta," 74 and good for the cure of 

 burns. The second, he says, is called " androdamas," 7i of a 

 black 78 colour, remarkable far its weight and hardness, to which 

 it owes its name, in fact, and found in Africa more particularly* 

 It attracts silver, he says, copper, and iron, and is tested with 

 a touchstone made of basanites.' 7 It yields a liquid the colour 

 of blood, and is an excellent remedy for diseases of the liver. 

 The third kind that he mentions is the haematites 78 of Arabia, a 

 mineral of equal hardness, and which with difficulty yields, 

 upon the water-whetstone, a liquid sometimes approaching the 

 tint of sailron. The fourth kind, he says, is known as "hepa- 



:j LiU-rally, " split" stone; so colled, probably, from its laminated form. 

 AjnsHon identifies it with yellow or brown iroii ore, known in Mineralogy 

 as Liniotiitc. or Urown Hematite. 



71 " Kxph-ndis oculorum lacunls." 



72 Mentioned in Chapter 2-3 of this Boole. 



" 3 Mentioned also in Chanter 25. Probably Heil peroiide of iron, in a 

 massive form. 71 * All-serviceable," or " all-heal." 



73 "Man-subduing/ 1 



7G The colour of Specular iron, or red peroxide of iron, being of a dark 

 steel-grey or iron-black, this is probably another variety of it. Ajaison 

 thinks that it includes compact or massive red oxide of iron, and scaly red 

 iron, or red iron froth, which leaves red marks upon the lingers. 



77 ISee Chanter 11 of this Book. Its alleged attraction of silver and 

 copper is fabulous, no doubt. 



:s This is probably the Limonite, or Hydrous peroxide of iron, men- 

 tioned in the preceding Chapter. See Note 70 above. 



" 9 Identified by .-\jas>on with Ked ochre, or Itcddle, a red peroxide of 

 iron, used for red crayons in drawing. 



