BOOK I 



1 = 2, horned owl 2 and next book 5 = 7, bat 4 and 

 next book 9 = 13, bees 5 and next book 7 = 12, 

 cow-fly 3 and next book 3=6, pine-grub 2 and next 

 book 4 = 6, (xvii that the beneficence of nature has 

 placed powerful remedies even in disgusting animals), 

 beetle 1 and next book 7 = 8, cockroach 4 and next 

 book 13 = 17. (xxx) The genus Spanish fly — drugs 

 from these 5 and next book 11 = 16, bug 9 and next 

 book 5 = 14, house-fly 7 and next book 5 = 12, 

 locusts 4 and next book 3 = 7, wingless locust 1, 

 ants 3 and next book 5 = 8. — Total 621 drugs, 

 investigations and observations. 



Authorities : Marcus Varro, Lucius Piso, Verrius 

 Flaccus, Antias, Nigidius, Cassius Hemina, Cicero, 

 Plautus, Celsus, Sextius Niger (Greek works of), 

 CaeciHus the medical ^vriter, Metellus Scipio, the 

 poet Ovid, Licinius Macer. Foreign authorities : 

 Palaephatus, Homer, Aristotle, Orpheus, Democritus, 

 Anaxilaus. Medical writers : Botrys, ApoUodorus, 

 Archedemus, Aristogenes, Xenocrates, Democrates, 

 Diodorus, Chrysippus, Phihp, Orus, Nicander, 

 ApoUonius of Pitane. 



Book XXX. Contents : drugs obtained from 

 animals (concluded). (i-vii) Origin of magic — date 

 and place of its commencement, by whom practised ; 

 whether carried on in Italy. Human sacrifice, when 

 first prohibited by the senate ; the Druids of the 

 Gauls ; kinds of magic ; magicians' view as to moles ; 

 5 drugs. (viii-Uii) Remaining drugs, arranged 

 according to diseases, found in animals not classed as 

 tame or wild : cattle 2 and in last book 15= 17, 

 ram 7 and in last book 5 = 12, wool 25 and in last 



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