Chap. 8.] WATBES WHICH REMOVE MOEPHEW. 
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CHAP. 6. — WATERS CUEATIVE OF WOUNDS. 
The tepid waters of Albula,^^ near Eome, have a healing 
eifect upon wounds. Those of Cutilia/^ again, in the Sabine 
territory, are intensely cold, and by a kind of suction penetrate 
the body to such a degree as to have the effect of a mordent 
almost. They are remarkably beneficial for affections of the 
stomach, sinews, and all parts of the body, in fact. 
CHAP. 7. WATEES PEEVEKTIVE OF AEOETION. 
The waters of Thespite^- ensure conception to females ; the 
same, too, with those of the river Elatus^^ in Arcadia. The 
spring Linus,^^ also in Arcadia, acts as a preservative of the 
foetus, and effectually prevents abortion. The waters of the 
river Aphrodisius, on the other hand, in the territory of 
Pyrrhsea,'^^ are productive of sterility. 
CHAP. 8. WATEES WHICH EEMOVE MOEPHEW. 
The waters of Lake Alphius remove white morphew,'^^ Yarro 
tells us ; who also mentions the fact that one Titius,^'' a person- 
age who had held the prsetorship, had a face to all appearance 
like that of a marble statue, in consequence of this disease. 
The waters of the river Cydnus,^^ in Cilicia, are curative of 
gout, as would appear from a letter addressed by Cassius^^ of 
Parma to Marcus Antonius. At Troezen, on the contrary, all 
the inhabitants are subject to diseases of the feet, owing to the 
bad quality of the water there. The state of the Tungri,^^ in 
20 The present Bagni di Tivoli. They have other sanitary properties 
as well, a fact known to Strabo. Martial and Vitruvius also mention them, 
21 See B. iii. c. 17. Called Cotiscolise by Strabo. They were of a salt 
and aluminous nature. ^-^ See B. iv. c. 2. 
23 Pausanias calls it the " Elaphus." 
Isidorns, in his " Origines," calls it the Lechnus." 
25 In Thessaly, probably, according to Steplianus Byzantinus. 
"A\(})og ; from which the lake probably derived its name. It has 
been suggested tliat the source of the river Anigrus in Elis is meant. Its 
waters had an offensive smell, and its fish were not eatable ; and near it 
were caverns sacred to the Nymphs Anigrides, where persons with cutaneous 
diseases were cured. The water of these caverns is impregnated with 
sulphur. 
27 Possibly the M. Titius who was proscribed by the Triumvirs, B.C. 43, 
and escaped to Sex. Pompeius in Sicily. g^g ^ y ^ 22. 
29 u Cassius Parmensis." See the end of this Book, 
^ According to some authorities, he alludes to the still famous waters of 
