BOOK I 



in spoken charms. (iv-v) Portents ratified ancl r»»- 

 jected. (vi-xix) Remedies obtained from the hmiian 

 body ; against magicians ; 226 drugs and observations 

 derived from an adult male, 8 from a boy ; (xx-xxiii) 

 61 from a woman ; (xxiv-xxxii) from foreign animals 

 — elephant 8, hon 10, camel 10, hyena 79, crocodile 



19, crocodile's excrement 11, chameleon 15, hzard 4, 

 hippopotamus 7, lynx 5. (xxxiii-xh) Drugs obtained 

 equally from wild animals and tame animals of the 

 same kind ; mihi, modes of using and remarlis as to, 

 54; cheeses 12; butter 25; sour milk 1 ; fat, modes 

 of using and observations as to, 52 ; suet ; marrow ; 

 gaU ; blood. (xlii-lxxx) Special drugs derived from 

 particular animals arranged according to diseases ; 

 from the boar 12, pig 60, stag 3, wolf 27, bear 24, 

 wild ass 12, ass 76, ass's foal 3, wild horse 11, 

 foaVs rennet 1, horse 42, mare's milk cheese 1, 

 wild oxen 2, ox 81, bull 53, calf 59, hare 64, fox 



20, badger 2, cat 5, she-goat 116, he-goat 31, 

 kid 21. (Ixxi) On testing bull-glue, and 7 drugs 

 from it. Total 1682 drugs, investigations and 

 observations. 



Authorities : Marcus Varro, Lucius Piso, Antias, 

 Verrius, Fabianus, Cato the ex-Censor, Servius Sul- 

 picius, Licinius, Macer, Celsus, Masurius, Greek 

 works of Sextius Niger, Bythus of Durazzo, medical 

 works of Rabirius, OfiUus and Granius. Foreign 

 authorities : Democritus, Apollonius ahas the Mouse, 

 Meletus, Artemon, Sextihus Antaeus, Homer, Theo- 

 phrastus, Lysimachus, Attalus, Xenocrates, Orpheus 

 writer of Idiophye, Archelaus ditto, Demetrius, 

 Sotira, Lais, Elephantis, Salpe, Olympias of Thebes, 

 Diotimus of Thebes, lollas, Andreas, Marcio of 

 Suiyrna, medical works of Aeschines, Hippocrates, 



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