Chap. 50.] EEMEDIES FOE DISEASES OF THE FACE. 341 
quite dissolved, and then applied to the face in a linen cloth, 
will remove wrinkles and preserve the whiteness of the skin. 
An application of bull's dung, they say, will impart a rosy 
tint to the cheeks, and not crocodilea^^ even is better for the 
purpose ; the face, however, must be washed with cold water, 
both before and after the application. Sun-burns and all other 
discolorations of the skin, are removed by the aid of calves* 
dung kneaded up by hand with oil and gum ; ulcerations and 
chaps of the mouth, by an application of veal or beef-suet, 
mixed with goose-grease and juice of ocimum. There is 
another composition, also, made of veal - suet with stag's 
marrow and leaves of white-thorn, the whole beaten up 
together. Marrow, too, mixed with resin, even if it be cow 
marrow only, is equally good ; and the broth of cow-beef is 
productive of similar effects. A most excellent remedy for 
lichens on the face is a glutinous substance prepared from the 
genitals of a male calf, melted with vinegar and live sulphur, 
and stirred together with the branch of a fig-tree : this com- 
position is applied twice a day, and should be used quite fresh. 
This glue, similarly prepared from a decoction of honey and 
vinegar, is a cure for leprous spots, which are also removed by 
applying a he- goat's liver warm. 
Elephantiasis, too, is removed by an application of goats' 
gall ; and leprous spots and furfuraceous eruptions by em- 
ploying bull's gall with the addition of nitre, or else asses' urine 
about the rising of the Dog-star. Spots on the face are re- 
moved by either bull's gall or ass's gall diluted in water by 
itself, care being taken to avoid the sun or wind after the skin 
has peeled off. A similar eflPect is produced, also, by using bull's 
gall or calf s gall, in combination with seed of cunila and the 
ashes of a deer's horn, burnt at the rising of Canicula. 
Asses' fat, in particular, restores the natural colour to scars 
and spots on the skin caused by lichen or leprosy, A he-goat's 
gall, mixed with cheese, live sulphur, and sponge reduced 
to ashes, effectually removes freckles, the composition being 
brought to the consistency of honey before being applied. 
Some persons, however, prefer using dried gall, and mix with it 
warm bran, in the proportion of one obolus to four oboli of honey, 
the spots being rubbed briskly first. He-goat suet, too, is highly 
5S See c. 28 of this Book. 
