BOOK XXVI. Lxvi. 105-LXV111. 108 I 



the decocted juice of amomum, a decoction too of 

 centunculus, or fresh moss soaked in water and 

 bound round the part until the water dries off, and 

 also root of lappa boaria taken in wine. Cyclamen 

 boiled down in water is a good remedy for chilblains 

 and for all other afFections caused by cold ; for 

 chilblains cotyledon too with axle-grease, leaves of 

 batrachion and the juice of epithymum. Corns are 

 extracted froni the feet by ladanum mixed with 

 beaver-oil, and by vervain in wine." 



LXVII. Having now finished the complaints that Remedifs, 

 affect separate limbs I shall go on to describe those f^j^^X//'' 

 that attack the whole body. Of remedies that are bodi/. 

 generally useful I learn that the best is dodecatheum, 

 to be given in drink,'' a plant I have already de- 

 scribed <^ ; next the roots of all kinds of panaces, 

 especially good for long illnesses, and the seed is used 

 for intestinal complaints ; for general bodily pains 

 however juice of scordion and also of betony, which 

 taken in drink is specific^ for removing a leaden 

 colour of the skin and restoring a more pleasing 

 complexion. 



LXVIII. Geranion is called by some myrris ^ and 

 by othei-s myrtidas. It resembles hemlock, but 

 with smaller leaves and shorter in the stem, round, 

 and of a pleasant taste and smell. In this way 



« See XXV § 28. 



^ For privatim see note on XXIV § 28. 



* According to Dioscorides another plant; he says (IV 115) : 

 eoiKe KO}V€LU), pi^av Se e;^ci. inrofi-qKr), aTraXrjv, TrepKJiep'^, evwBT), 

 rjSelav Ppwdijvat.. " Round " is a strange word to apply to 

 the plant, and Urlichs would add (cf. the ■nepi^eprj of 

 Dioscorides) radice before rotunda. Others have emended to 

 rotundo (sc. caule). The leaves however are round. 



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