Cato^s Farm Management 



and his attendant should do these 

 things fasting and standing upright. 



(Cll) If a serpent shall bite an 

 ox, or any other quadruped, take a 

 cup of that extract of fennel, which 

 the physicians call smyrnean, and 

 mix it with a measure of old wine. 

 Inject this through his nostrils and 

 at the same time poultice the wound 

 with hogs' dung.^ You can treat a 

 man the same way. 



(CLX) If a bone is dislocated it 

 can be made sound by this incanta- 

 tion. Take a green reed four or five 

 feet long, cut it in the middle and let 

 two men hold the pieces against your 

 hips. Begin then to chant as follows : 



In Alto. S. F, Motas 



Vaeta, 

 Daries Dardaries Astataries Dis- 



sunapiter, 



and continue until the free ends of 



1 There is a similar remedy for scratches in horses, 

 which is traditional in the cavalry service today, and 

 is extraordinarily efficacious. 



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