BOOK XX. Lvii. 160-162 



reported that the followers of Porcius Latro, a dis- 

 tin^uished teacher of rhetoric, imitated bv this 

 means the pallor that had followed his close appUca- 

 tion to study ; and not so long ago Juhus Vindex, 

 the famous supporter of freedom against Ncro, 

 flattered in this way the hopes of legacy-hunters. 

 AppHed in the form of lozenges or fresh in vinegar 

 it arrests bleeding at the nose ; apphed by itself it 

 is good for fluxes from the eyes, and appHed with 

 honey it is good for them when swollen. For babies 

 it is sufficient for it to be placed upon the abdomen. 

 Por jaundice it is administered in white wine after 

 bathing, Ethiopian cummin is given chiefly in 

 vincgar and water, and in an electuary with honey. 

 The African variety is thought to have the special 

 quality of checking incontinence of urine. Culti- 

 vated cummin, parched, and beaten up in vinegar, 

 is given for troubles of the Hver, Hkewise for vertigo ; 

 pounded moreover it is given in sweet wine to 

 those who smart from too acrid urine ; for disorders 

 of the womb, in wine, and besides with an appHcation 

 of the leaves wrapped up in wool ; for swollen testes 

 it is parched and pounded, and applied with honey or 

 with rose oil and wax. For all these purposes wild 

 cummin is more efficacious ; moreover with oil it is 

 so for bites of serpents, and for stings of scorpions 

 and scolopendras. A three-finger pinch in wine 

 checks vomiting and nausea. I''or coHc also it is 

 drunk, or appHed hot in Hnt kept in its place by 

 bandages. Taken in wine it opens up suffocations 

 of the womb, the dose being three drachmae of 

 cummin in three cyathi of wine. It is poured into 

 the ears with veal suet or honey, when there are 

 noises or ringing in them. For bruises it is appHed 



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