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107. The stoechas : three remedies . . 266 
108. The solanum, by the Greeks called strycbnon : two remedial 
properties .. .. .. ib. 
109. Smyrnion : thirty-two remedies. Sinon : two remedies . . ib. 
110. Telephion: four remedies .. .. 267 
111. The trichomanes : five remedies . . «. .. .. 268 
112. The thalictrura : one remedy .. ib. 
113. Thlaspi and Persicon napy : four remedies . . .. . . ib, 
114. The trachinia : one property .. .. .. 269 
115. The tragonis or tragion : four remedies. .. ib- 
116. The tragos or scoriiion ; four remedies. . .. 270 
117. The tragopogon or come .. .. .. .. ib. 
118. The ages of plants ib. 
119. How the greatest efficacy in plants may be ensured . . . . 271 
120. Maladies peculiar to various nations . . . . . . . . ib» 
BOOK XXVIII. 
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES. 
L Introduction .. .. *. 275 
2. Remedies derived from man .. .. .. 276 
3. Whether words are possessed of any healing efficacy . . . . 278 
4. That prodigies and portents may be confirmed, or made of no 
effect 280 
5. A description of various usages . . .. .. ., 283 
6. Two hundred and twenty-six observations on remedies derived 
from man. Eight remedies derived from children. . . . 286 
7. Properties of the human spittle . . . . . , . . . . 288 
8. Remedies derived from the wax of the human ear . . .. 291 
9. Remedies derived from the human hair, teeth, &c. . . . . ib, 
10. Remedies derived from the human blood, the sexual con- 
gress, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 292 
11. Remedies derived from the dead .. ib. 
12. Various reveries and devices of the magicians .. .. 293 
13. Remedies derived from the human excretions .. .. 294 
14. Remedies depending upon the human will .. .. 295 
15. Remedies derived from sneezing .. .. .. .. 297 
16. Remedies derived from the sexual congress . . . . . . ib. 
17. Various other remedies .. .. .. 298 
18. Remedies derived from the urine . . . . . . . . 299 
19. Indications of health derived from the urine .. 301 
20. Forty-one remedies derived from the female sex . . . . ib. 
Remedies derived from woman's milk . . . . . . . . 302 
22. Remedies derived from the spittle of females . . . . . . SU4 
23. Facts connected with the menstrual discharge.. . . .. ib. 
24. Remedies derived from foreign animals : the elephant, eight 
remedies .. .. 307 
