BOOK I 



whom statues so erected ; first equestrian statue 

 erected by the state at Rome ; date of removal from 

 pubhc places of all statues erected by private donors ; 

 first statue pubUcly erected by foreigners ; existence 

 of sculptors from early times even in Italy ; excessive 

 prices for statues ; the most celebrated colossal 

 statues in the city ; 366 famous instances of bronze 

 statues and sculptors in bronze. (xx-xxix) DiiFerent 

 kinds of bronze and alloy; gold-bronze, Capuan 

 bronze ; preseivatioa of broiize ; cadmia, 15 drugs 

 made from ; melted bronze, 10 medicinal products 

 of; copper slag, copper blisters, copper scales, 

 copper flakes, 47 drugs from these ; copper rust, 18 

 drugs from ; eye-salve ; worm-eaten bronze, 18 drugs 

 from ; copper ore, 7 drugs from ; itch-salve. (xxx- 

 xxxviii) Ink-stone, 3 drugs from ; copperas, 14 drugs 

 from ; copperas water or shoe-maker's blacking, 16 

 drugs from ; pompholyx, slag, 6 drugs from these ; 

 slag-ashes, 15 kinds ; skin-detergent ; diphryx ; the 

 Servihan family's magic sixpence. (xxxix-xlvi) 

 Iron mines ; iron statues ; chased iron ; different 

 kinds of iron ; ' Uve iron ' ; the tempering of iron ; 

 remedies for rust; 7 drugs from iron ; 14 drugs 

 from rust ; 17 drugs fi-om iron scale ; wet 

 plaster. (xlvii-lvi) Lead mines ; white lead ; silver- 

 lead, stannum, black lead ; 15 drugs from lead ; 15 

 drugs from lead slag ; dross from lead ; molyb- 

 daeiia, 15 drugs from ; sugar of lead or cerussa, 6 

 drugs from ; sandarach, 11 drugs from ; arsenic. — 

 Total, 257 drugs, including remedies for dog-bite, for 

 the head, fox-mange, eyes, ears, nostrils, ailments of 

 the mouth, leprosy, gums, teeth, uvula, phlegm, 

 throat, tonsils, quinsy, cough, vomiting, chest, 

 stcmach, asthma, pains in the side, spleen, stomach, 



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