PLINY: NATURAL HISTORY 



menses ciendos. pedum clavos circumscariphatos 

 ferro mixtum cerae extrahit. urinam ciet ciceris 



102 magnitudine dilutum. Andreas spondet copiosius 

 sumptum nec inflationes facere et concoctioni pluri- 

 mum conferre senibus et feminis, item hieme quam 

 aestate utilius, et tum aquam bibentibus. caven- 

 dum ne qua sit exulceratio intus. ab aegritudine 

 recreationi efficax in cibo, tempestive enim datum 

 cauterii vim optinet, adsuetis etiam utilius quam 



103 expertibus. extera corporum indubitatas confes- 

 siones habent. venena telorum et serpentium ex- 

 tinguit potum. ex aqua vulneribus his circumlinitur, 

 scorpionum tantum plagis ex oleo, ulceribus vero 

 non maturescentibus cum farina hordeacia vel fico 

 sicca, carbunculis cum ruta vel cum melle vel per se 

 visco superhtum ut haereat, sic et ad canis morsus, 

 excrescentibus circa sedem cum tegmine ^ punici mali 

 ex aceto decoctum, clavis qui volgo morticini appel- 



104 lantur nitro mixto. alopecias nitro ante subactas 

 replet cum vino et croco aut pipere ac murium fimo 

 et aceto. perniones ex vino fovet et ex oleo coctum 



^ tegmine Barbarus e Diosc. : germine codd. Dellefsen. 



" Probably meaning dissolved, or at least dispersed, in 

 some medium. 



* Or, " at that season (summer) it is useful, etc." Warm- 

 ington suggests tantum, " only," for tum. 



'^ In the iight of the context, it is more Hkely that this refers 

 to absence of ulceration before taking the medicLne than to 

 precautions against it, but the Latin could bear the latter 

 meaning as well as, or better than, the other. 



"* Apparently, one that warms and dries. 



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