LEECH BOOK. III. 



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thou givest liim drink or brewit, give it him liot ; and Book III. 

 make the man rest after an hour, by day, on the right ^ '" ^^^'' 

 side, and have the arm extended. 



XV. 



For pain in the maw ; boil pitch in cow milk, re- 

 move the pitch, let him sip a little warm, soon the 

 man will be well. For distention, and if a mans 

 meat will not digest ; boil in water pulegium and leek 

 cress, ^ give this to the man to drink, soon it will be 

 well with him. 



xvi. 



For milt pain ; pound green sallow rind, seethe in 

 honey alone, give the man to eat three pieces at night 

 fasting. 



xvii. 



For loin wark ; marrubium, nepeta, thyme, of all 

 equal quantities, put into good ale ; work to a drink, 

 sweeten a little, give to the man to drink ; let him 

 lie with face up afterwards for a good while. 



xviii. 



For wamb wark and pain in the fatty part of the 

 belly ; when thou seest a dung beetle - in the earth 

 throwing up nfiould, catch him with thy two hands 

 along with his casting up, wave him strongly with 

 thy hands, and say thrice, " Remedium facio ad ventris 

 " dolorem ; " then throw the beetle over thy back away ; 

 take care thou look not after it. When a mans wamb 

 or belly fat is in pain, grasp the wamb with thine 



' Erysimum alliuria. 

 - Our Saxon must have had Tal- 

 pam, or 'Ao-7roAa/ca before him in 



this sentence ; but he names tlie 

 Scarii/jaus .shrcorarius. 



