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removed, cloudiness and films are dispersed, and 

 scars smoothed out ; also that albugo even of 

 draught animals is made better by sideritis. But * 

 chelidonia is a wonderful cure for all the above- 

 mentioned eye troubles. The root of panaces with 

 pearl barley is appUed to the eyes for fluxes. For 

 checking such fluxes the seed of henbane is taken in 

 wine in doses of an obolus with the same amount of 

 poppy juice. Juice of gentian too is used as oint- 

 ment, and it is also used instead of poppy juice as an 

 ingredient of the more pungent eye salves. Euphor- 

 beum too improves the vision of those whose eyes are 

 anointed with it. The juice of the plantain is 

 dropped into the eyes for ophthalmia. Films are dis- 

 persed by aristolochia, by hiberis attached to the 

 head, and by cinquefoil.'' Fluxes and eye-diseases 

 generally are made better by verbascum. To fluxes 

 is appHed peristereos in rose oil or vinegar. For cata- 

 ract "^ and film lozenges of cyclamen are dissolved 

 <[and appUed) ^* ; the juice of peucedanum, as we 

 have said, poppy juice and rose oil being added, is 

 good for improving the vision and for films. PsylHon 

 rubbed on the forehead arrests fluxes. 



XCII. Some call the anagallis, acoron. There are 

 two kinds of it : the male with a scarlet flower, and 

 the female with a blue one ; neither is more than a 

 span in height, the stem being tender, and the leaves 

 tiny, round and lying on the ground. They grow in 

 gardens and on moist ground. The blue-flowered 

 kind blossoms first. The juice of either kind, applied 

 with honey, disperses film on the eyes, suffusions of 

 blood from a blow, and reddish argema * ; the results 



* For argema, a small white ulcer, see iist of diseases. 



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