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23. For worms ^ in eyes, take seed of henbane/ shed Book I. 

 it on gledes, add two saucers full of water, set them 

 on two sides of the man, and let him sit there over 

 them, jerk the head hither and thither over the fire 

 and the saucers also, then the worms shed themselves 

 into the water. For " dry" disease in the eyes, which 

 is called the disease fig, and in Latin is called x^l^^^^^^s'"^ "No. ^vKwats. 

 the yolk of a hens egg and seed of marche^ and 

 olusatrum and garden mint.^ Again for the disease 

 fig, break to pieces a hock shank unsodden of a sheep, 

 apply the marrow to the eyes. For thick eyelids, take 

 three handfuls of mugwort;^ three of salt, three of 

 soap, boil them till two parts out of three of the 

 ooze be boiled away, then preserve in a copper vessel. 

 For him who hath thick eyehds, take a copper vessel, 

 put therein cathartic seeds and salt there among, 

 take celandine and bishopwort and cuckoosour and 

 attorlothe ^ and springwort ' and English carrot, and a 

 somewhat of radish, and ravens foot,^ then wash them 

 all, then pour wine on ; let it stand, strain again into 

 the copper vessel; then let it stand fifteen nights and 

 the dregs will be good. Have with thee clean curds and 

 introduce into the vessel on which the dregs are, as 

 much of the curd as may cleave thereon. Then scrape 

 the scrapings off" the vessel, that will be a very good 

 salve for the man who hath thick eyelids. 



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1. Leech doms for all sore of ears and ache, and for 

 dea&ess of ears, and if insects are in the ears or an 



' Worms are all creeping things, 

 here insects, acari : Celsus has a 

 chapter " de pediculis palpebrarum," 

 Lib.VI. vi. 15, — " sive etiam vermi- 

 «' culos (oculi) habeant aut brigan- 

 " tes qui cilia arare et exulcerare 

 " Solent." Marcellus, 275, c. Cf. 

 ibid. f. The disease in Hellenic was 

 <pdiip'ia(rt.s, and by keen eyes the in- 

 sects could be seen to move,Actuarios. 



- Hyoscyamus niger. 

 ' Apium. 

 ' Mentha saliva. 

 ^ Artemisia vulgaris. 

 ^ Uncertain. See Herb. xlv. vol. I. 

 Pref. Ivi. 



^ Euforbia laOiyris. 

 ^ Ranunculus ficaria. 



