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5. Waters remedial for urinary calculi 474 
6. Waters curative of wounds ^ 475 
7. Waters preventive of abortion . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
8. Waters whick remove morpbew . . " . . ib. 
9. Waters which colour the hair .. 476 
10. Waters which colour the human body ib. 
11, Waters which aid the memory, or are productive of forgetfulness 477 
12*. Waters which sharpen or dull the senses. Waters which im- 
prove the voice . . • . . .... . ih. 
13. Waters which cause a distaste for wine. Waters which produce 
inebriety . . . . . . • • • • • • • • '^b- 
14. Waters which serve as a substitute for oil 478 
15. Salt and bitter waters 
16. Waters which throw up stones. Waters which cause laughter 
and weeping. Waters which are said to be curative of love ih. 
17. Waters which preserve their warmth for three days . . . . 479 
18. Other marvellous facts connected with water. Waters in which 
everything will sink. Waters in which nothing will sink ib. 
19. Deadly waters. Poisonous fishes ^ .. .. 480 
20. Waters which petrify themselves, or cause other objects to petrify 482 
21. The wholesomeness of waters .. .. ib, 
22. The impurities of water . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 
23. The modes of testing water . . 4f -5 
24. The Marcian Waters . . . . 487 
25. The Virgin Waters 488 
26. The method of searching for water ib. 
27. Signs indicative of the presence of water 489 
28. Differences in waters, according to the nature of the soil . . ib, 
29. The qualities of water at the different seasons of the year 491 
30. Historical observations "upon waters which have suddenly made 
their appearance or suddenly ceased . . . . . . . . 492 
31. The method of conveying water 494 
32. How mineral waters should be used .. .. ib. 
33. The uses of sea-water. The advantages of a sea-voyage . . 496 
34. How artificial sea- water may be made in places at a distance 
from the sea . , . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 
35. How thalassomeli is made . . . . . . . . . . ib. 
36. How hydromeli is made . . . . . . . , . . . , ib. 
37. Methods of providing against the inconvenience of drinking sus- 
pected water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 
38. Six remedies derived from moss. Remedies derived from sand ib. 
39. The various kinds of salt ; the methods of preparing it, and the 
remedies derived from it. Two hundred and four observa- 
tions thereupon . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 
40. Muria , 503 
41. The various properties of salt: one hundred and twenty histori- 
cal remarks relative thereto . . . . . . . . , . 504 
42. Flower of salt : twenty remedies. Salsugo : two remedies . . 506 
43. Garum : fifteen remedies 507 
