BOOK XXVI. xvii. 31-XIX. S3 



scorpion stings and the poison of the sea dragon." 

 An embrocation also of the plant and oil is good for 

 snake bites. For cough, pains in the side and in the 

 chest, a decoction is made of a bunch of hyssop and 

 a quarter of a pound of honey, and verbascum with 

 rue is taken in water, or powdered betony in hot 

 water. 



XVIII. The stomach is strengthened by the juice stomach 

 of scordotis, by centaury, by gentian taken in water, '^""^p "'"'■'•■ 

 by plantain, either taken by itself in food or mixed 



with lentils or ahca* gruel. Although betony in 

 general lies heavy on the stomach, yet taken in drink, 

 or if the leaves are chewed, it cures its troubles ; 

 aristolochia also may be taken in drink or dry agaric 

 chewed, neat wine being drunk after a while, 

 and nymphaea heraclia or juice of peucedanum may 

 be apphed locally. Psylhon is apphed to inflamma- 

 tions,'^ or pounded cotyledon with pearl-barley, or 

 aizoiim. 



XIX. Molon has a striated stalk, soft small leaves, Moion,etc. 

 and a root four fingers long, at the end of which is a 



head hke that of garhc. Some give it the name of 

 syron. In wine it cures stomach troubles ** and 

 difficulty of breathing, as do the greater centaury in 

 an electuary, plantain, its juice or as food, pounded 

 betony, in the proportion of one pound to half an 



ardores (XIV, 99); ad refrigerandos ardores (XX, 217); 

 ardores refrigerando (of hydromel in a light diet, XXII, 110); 

 ardores refrigerat (XXIV, 132). In XXII, 110 at any rate 

 the sense of " feverishness " is the most appropiiate. 



^ Mayhoff supposes that there is a lacuna after stomacho, 

 probably because of the strange conjunction of complaints. 

 But the whole of this sentence is strange, with scarcely any 

 form at all, order and structure being queer. 



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