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the nausea of women with child, since by a taste 

 the foetus is quickened. The apple is divided and 

 soaked in rain water for about three days. This 

 infusion is drunk cold bv sufterers from coeliac 

 aftections and spitting of blood. 



LVm. From the bitter pomegranate is made a 

 medicine which is caHcd stomatice," and is verv good 

 for aft"ections of the mouth, nostrils and ears, for dim- 

 ness of vision, for sores on the eyelid,*' for the geni- 

 tals, for so-callcd corroding sores and excrescences on 

 ulcers, and to counteract the poison of the sea-hare.*' 

 This is the mode of preparation. After the rind has 

 been taken oft" the berries are crushed ; the juice is 

 boiled down to one-third with saff"ron, spHt ahmi, 

 myrrh and Attic honey, a half-pound of each. 

 Others prepare it also in the foUowing way. Many 

 acid pomegranates are pounded, and the juice is 

 boiled in a new pot to the consistency of honey, for 

 the treatment of lesions of the male genitals and 

 anus, of all lesions treated by Ivcium,"^ of purulent 

 ears, of incipient fluxes from the eyes, and of red 

 spots upon the hands. Branches of the pomegranate 

 keep away snakes. The rind of the fruit boiled in 

 wine and applied is a cure for chilblains. A pome- 

 granate, pounded and boiled down to one hemina in 

 three heminae of wine, cures griping and acts as a 

 vermifuge. A pomegranate in a new earthen jar 

 with the lid sealed, burnt in a furnace, well pounded 

 and taken in wine, checks looseness of the bowels 

 and cures griping. 



LIX. The first bud of this fruit when it is beginning Cytinus. 

 to blossom is called cytinus by the Greeks ; it has 

 a wonderful feature, which has come under the 

 notice of many investigators.* If a person, after 



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