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pliny's natural histoet. 
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For diseases of the fundament and for excoriations plantago 
is remarkably efficacious ; for condylomata, cinquefoil ; and for 
procidence of the rectum, root of cyclaminos,^^ applied in 
vinegar. The blue anagallis^^ reduces procidence of the 
rectum, while, on the contrary, that with a red flower has a 
\ tendency to bear it down. Cotyledon^^ is a marvellous cure 
for condylomatous affections and piles ; and root of acoron,^ 
boiled in wine and beaten up, is a good application for swel- 
ling of the testes. According to what Cato^^ says, those who 
carry about them Pontic^^ wormwood, will never experience 
chafing between the thighs. 
(9.) Some persons add pennyroyal to the number of these 
plants : gathered fasting, they say, and attached to the hinder 
part of the body, it will be an effectual preservative against 
all pains in the groin, and will allay them in cases where they 
already exist. 
CHAP. 59. INGXJIlSrALIS OR AEGEMO. 
Inguinalis^^ again, or, as some persons call it, ''argemo,'' a 
plant commonly found growing in bushes and thickets, needs 
only to be held in the hand to be productive of beneficial effects 
upon the groin. 
CKAP. 60. EEMEDTES FOE INFLAMED TUMOUES. CHEYSIPPIOS t 
ONE REMEDY. 
Panaces,^^ applied with honey, heals inflammatory tumours ; 
an effect which is equally produced by plantago applied with 
salt, cinquefoil, root of persolata^^ used in the same way as 
for scrofula ; damasonium^^ also, and verbascum^^ pounded with 
the root, and then sprinkled with wine, and wrapped in a leaf 
warmed upon ashes, and applied hot. Persons of experience 
in these matters have asserted that it is of primary importance 
that the application should be made by a maiden, as also that 
she must be naked at the time, and fasting. The patient must 
S3 See B. xxv. c. 67. See B. xxv. c. 92. 
85 See B. xxv. c. 101. gee B. xxv. c. 100. 
87 De Re Rust. c. 159. He says that it must be carried under the ring. 
88 See B. xxvii. c. 28. 
89 The " Groin plant." Probably the same as the Bubonion of B. xxvii. 
c. 19. 
See B. xxv. c. 11, et seq. See c. 12 of this Book, 
s'^ See B. xxv. c. 77. See B. xxv. c. 73. 
