PLINY : NATURAL HISTORY 



dulci datur, aptissime vero in lente and pulte. nuper 

 invenere dissectis raphanis inserere helleborum 

 rursusque conprimere raphanos, ut transeat vis, atque 

 lenimento dare. reddi post quattuor fere horas 



60 incipit. totum opus septenis peragitur horis. mede- 

 tur ita morbis comitialibus, ut diximus, vertigini, 

 melanchohcis, insanientibus, lymphatis, elephantiasi 

 albae, lepris, tetano, tremulis, podagricis, hydropicis 

 incipientibusque tympanicis, stomachicis, spasticis 

 cvnicis, ischiadicis, quartanis, quae aliter non desi- 

 nant, tussi veteri, inflationibus, torminibus redeun- 

 tibus. 



61 XXV. Vetant dari senibus, pueris, item molHs ac 

 feminei corporis animive, exilibus aut teneris, et 

 feminis minus quam viris, item timidis, aut si exul- 

 cerata sint praecordia vel tumeant, minime san- 

 guinem excreantibus causariisve latere, faucibus. 

 medetur extra corporis eruptionibus pituitae cum 

 axungia salsa inhtum,^ item suppurationi veteri. 

 mures polentae admixtum necat. Galli sagittas in 

 venatu helleboro tingunt circumcisoque vulnere 

 teneriorem sentiri carnem adfirmant. muscae quo- 



1 A latere nsqve ad inlitum ita distinguere et emendare 

 vvlt Mayhoff : latere. faucibus medetur extra corpori 

 inpositum, eruptionibus pituitae cum axungia salsa inlitum. 



" In § 54 it is said that black heilebore is dangerous if given 

 copiosivs in dulciius, so et is here probably not postponed, but 

 " even." 



* Perhaps " in sweet ■ftine," but the plural {dulcibus) in 

 § 54 is against this. 



' See Celsus III. 21 and Ust of diseases. See also note d on 

 p. 8S. 



^ Mayhoff's emendations and punctuation are attractive, 

 and ease the structure of the next sentence considerably. 

 The meaning would be : " K apphed extemally to the neck 



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