dium, in the " Antidotus Theodoretos ex Anacardiis ;" 
though the introduction of these, as well as of musk and 
of ambergris, is usually referred to the Arabs. It is 
remarkable, that he states, " Qui nunc ab omnibus Lobi 
nominantur apud omnes veteres dolichi et phaseoli appel- 
lantur." In India, at the present day, one of the most 
common of the pulses, a species of Dolichos, is called 
lobia, which, in all dictionaries, is marked as a Persian 
word. There is also an " Antidotus ex duobus piperis 
generibus, 11 from Archigenes, who seems also to have had 
considerable knowledge of the East. He was a Syrian, 
practised at Rome, wrote much on medicine, and is alluded 
to by Juvenal more than once. A well-known Indian disease, 
" Elephantiasis a quibusdam leontiasis, ab aliis satyriasis 
appellatur, 1 '' is described in iEtius from Archigenes. 
" Regio vero hujus mali inductrix est turn quas valde 
calida est, turn quae vehementer frigida." Among the 
remedies, we have " Eboris etiam et cornu cervini 
ramenta ;" and we have it stated that " In regione Indorum 
elephantiasi affectos, assidue per sedem eluere per urinse 
asininas infusionem heminae mensura calefactae consueverunt. 
Crocodilium item terrestrem accipiunt, et magnum sane 
testimonium de hoc remedio praebent." Among the remedies 
we have also "Myrobalanus item cum aceto praestat : probe 
auxiliatur et alumen cum sale et sandaracha aequis partibus 
in vino et oleo, maxime lentiscino, aut si non adsit, rosaceo 
tritis." iEtius quotes Leonides, for another complaint 
common in India, that is, the Dracunculi, or guinea-worms, 
which he says, " Nascuntur autem hi in jEthiopia ac 
India." 
Oribasius, though born at Pergamus, is usually styled a 
Sardian, from having studied probably at Sardes, in the 
school of Zeno the Cyprian, who afterwards removed to 
Alexandria. He was not only the countryman, but also 
