Chap. 33.] 
MEDICINAL USES OF MILK. 
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tamus was the first inventor of the practice of letting blood, a 
fact to which we have^^ made allusion on a previous occasion : 
it is found, too, in the greatest numbers in the parts above the 
prsefecture of Sa'is. 
The hide, reduced to ashes and applied with water, is cura- 
tive of inflamed tumours, and the fat, as well as the dung, 
used as a fumigation, is employed for the cure of cold agues. 
"With the teeth of the left side of the jaw, the gums are 
scarified for the cure of tooth-ache. The skin of the left side of 
the forehead, attached to the groin, acts as an antaphrodisiac ; and 
an application of the ashes of the same part will cause the hair 
to grow when lost through alopecy. The testes are taken in 
water, in doses of one drachma, for the cure of injuries inflicted 
by serpents. The blood is made use of by painters. 
CHAP. 32. FIVE KEMEDIES DEEIVED EEOM THE LYNX. 
To foreign countries, also, belongs the lynx, which of all 
quadrupeds is possessed of the most piercing sight. It is said 
that in the Isle of Carpathus a most powerful medicament is 
obtained by reducing to ashes the nails of the lynx, together 
with the hide ; that these ashes, taken in drink, have the 
effect of checking abominable desires in men ; and that, if they 
are sprinkled upon women, all libidinous thoughts will be 
restrained. They are good too for the removal of itching 
sensations in any part of the body. The urine of the lynx is 
a remedy for strangury ; for which reason the animal, it is 
said, is in the habit of rooting up the ground and covering it 
the moment it is voided.^^ It is mentioned, too, that this urine 
is an effectual remedy for pains in the throat. Thus much 
with reference to foreign animals. 
CHAP. 33. (9.) EEMEDIES FURNISHED IN COMMON BY ANIMALS 
OF THE SAME CLASS, WHETHER WILD OR TAME. FIFTY-FOUR 
MEDICINAL DSES OF MILK, WITH OBSERVATIONS THEREON. 
We will now return to our own part of the world, speaking, 
first of all, of certain remedies common to animals in general, 
but excellent in their nature ; such as the use of milk, for 
example. The most beneficial milk to every creature is the 
mother' s^^ milk. It is highly dangerous for nursing women to 
In B. Yiii. c. 40. 67 gee B. viii. c. 57. 
Except, of course, when the mother is in a state of disease. 
