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couffh, ffoat-suet or butter " is added. Fenucjreek 

 nieal, the niost soothing of all, boiled with wine and 

 soda, cures running sores and scurf ^ on the body, 

 stomach ache, and affections of the feet and of the 

 breasts. Darnel meal clears up chroiiic ulcers and 



jjanfjrenes more than do the other kinds ; for lichens 



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radishes, salt and vinegar must be added, for leprous 

 sores native sulphur, and for headache it shoukl be 

 applied with goose-grease to the forehead. Boiled 

 in wine, with pigeons' dung and Hnseed, it matures 

 scrofulous sweUings and superficial abscesses. 



LIX. About the various kinds of pearl barley I Peari 

 have said "^ enough in the discussion of cereals. ^"'''^- 

 Pliysicians are of opinion that its difference from 

 barley meal is due to its being roasted, which makes 

 it wholesome for the stomach. It checks looseness 

 of the bowels and inflamed swelHngs. Combined 

 with mint or other cooUng herb it is appUed to sore 

 eyes and aching heads, as weU as to chilblains and 

 to snake wounds, while for burns it is appUed in wine, 

 and it also checks pustules. 



LX. Flour reduced to fine powder has the power 

 of drawing out moisture to such an extent that it 

 extracts blood from bloodshot areas, even to soaking 

 the bandages ; if boiled must be added the appUca- 

 tion is stiU more efficacious. It is put on caUosities 

 and corns on the feet. But when boiled with old 

 oil and pitch, and appUed as hot as possible, fine flour 

 is wonderful treatment for condyloma '^ and aU 

 other afFections of the anus. Made into pottage it 

 puts on flesh. The flour with which papyrus sheets 

 are stuck together is effectively given in lukewarm 

 drink to those who suffer from spitting of blood. 



LXI. AUca is pecuUarly Roman, and a discoveryGroa<.. 



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