PLINY : NATURAL HISTORY 



73 XLIII. Nec virga sanguinea felicior habetur. 

 cortex eius interior cicatrices quae praesanuere 

 aperit. 



XLIV. Sileris folia inlita fronti capitis dolores 

 sedant. eiusdem semen contritum in oleo phthiria- 

 sis coercet. serpentes et hunc fruticem fugiunt 

 baculumque rustici ob id ex eo gerunt. 



74 XLV. Ligustrum si eadem arbor est quae in 

 oriente cypros, suos in Europa usus habet. sucus 

 eius nervos, articulos, algores, folia ubique veteri 

 ulceri, cum salis mica et oris exulcerationibus prosunt, 

 acini contra phthiriasim, item contra intertrigines vel 

 folia. sanant et gallinaceorum pituitas acini. 



XLVI. Folia alni ex ferventi aqua remedio sunt 

 tumoris. 



75 XLVII. Hederae genera viginti demonstravinius. 

 natura omnium in medicina anceps. mentem turbat 

 et caput purgat largius pota, nervis intus nocet, 

 iisdem nervis adhibita foris prodest. eadem natura, 

 quae aceto est, omnia genera eius refrigerant. 

 urinam cient potu, capitis dolorem sedant, praecipue 

 eerebro continentique cerebrum membranae utiliter 



" Inlinere is nearly always used of liniments and ointments, 

 which can be smeared on the parts affected. Here apparently 

 it is iised of leaves just placed on the forehead, tibe word 

 used in such cases being generally imponere (see also § 76 

 below). Perhaps, however, the leaves are to be applied in 

 some liquid or oily base. 



* Phthiriasis (phiral) in the Latin is a transliteration of the 

 Greek <t>deipiiaei^. 



' Some verb seems to have fallen out here. Mayhoff con- 

 jectures discuiit, which suits algores but not nervos or articulos. 

 Curat would suit all three nouns; but, although curare ("to 

 treat ") is used several times in Celsus with the meaning "to 

 treat successfully," it is apparently not so found in Pliny. 

 Brakman would supply sanat. See Mnemosyne 1930. 



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