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the same is the case with root of cyclaminos/^ either used by 
itself, or in combination with vinegar or honey. This last root 
is useful also for the cure of steatomatous tumours, and hyssop 
for that of running ulcers ; an eifect equally produced by peu- 
cedanum,~^a plant which exercises so powerful an influence upon 
fresh wounds, as to cause exfoliation even of the bones. The two 
varieties of anagallis'^^ are possessed of similar properties, and 
act as a check upon the corrosive sores known as nomse" and 
upon defluxions; they are useful also in cases of recent wounds, 
those of aged people in particular. Presh leaves of mandra- 
gora,^^ applied with cerate, are curative of apostemes and 
sordid ulcers : the root too is used, with honey or oil, for wounds. 
Hemlock, incorporated with flour of winter wheat by the 
agency of wine — as also the plant aizoiim^^ — is curative of her- 
petic eruptions, and corrosive or putrid sores. Erigeron^^ 
is employed for ulcers which breed maggots. Root of astra- 
galus^^ is used for the cure of recent wounds or of ulcers of 
long standing ; and upon these last either kind of hypocisthis^^ 
acts as a detergent. Seed of leontopodium,^* bruised in water 
and applied with polenta, extracts pointed weapons from the 
flesh : a result equally produced by using seed of pycnocomon.^^ 
The tithymalos characias^^ supplies its juice for the cure of gan- 
grenes, phagedaenic sores, and putrid ulcers; or else a decoction 
is made of the branches with polenta and oil. Boots of or- 
chis have a similar effect ; in addition to which, applied, 
either dry or fresh gathered, with honey and vinegar, they are 
curative of the ulcer known as cacoethes.'' Onothera^^ also, 
used by itself, is curative of ulcers when rapidly gaining head. 
The people of Scythia employ scythice^*^ for the treatment 
of wounds. For carcinoma, argemonia,^^ applied with honey, 
is extremely efficacious. For sores that have prematurely 
closed, root of asphodel is boiled, in manner already^^ stated, 
25 See B. XXV. c. 67. 26 See B. xxv. c. 70. 
27 See B. xxv. c. 92 . 28 g^e B. xxv. c. 94. 
2« Siligo." See B. xviii. c. 20. gee B. xxv. c. 102. 
31 See B. xxv. c. 106. 
33 See c. 31 of this Book. 
See B. xxviii. c. 14. 
37 See c. 39 of this Book. 
39 See c. 69 of this Book. 
40 Our liquorice/* see B. xxv. 
^1 See B. xxv. c. 66. 
32 See c. 29 of this Book. 
3^ See B. xxvii. c. 72. 
36 See c. 36 of this Book. 
38 See c. 62 of this Book. 
c. 43. 
42 In B. xxii. c. 33. 
