The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5

Pliny (the Elder.)

G. Bell & Sons, 1856 - Natural history

Contents

• OF THE FIFTH VOLUME BOOK XXIV: 1
• six remedies: 2
• thirteen remedies: 3
• three remedies: 4
• twentythree remedies: 5
• eleven remedies: 6
• one remedy The cerrus eight remedies 8 The corktree two remedies 9 The beech four remedies 10 The cypress twentythree remedies: 7
• thirteen remedies: 8
• Cedrides ten remedies: 9
• twentythree remedies: 10
• twentyfour remedies: 11
• Storax ten remedies: 15
• seventeen remedies: 16
• five remedies: 17
• The terebinth six remedies: 18
• eight remedies: 19
• ten remedies: 20
• six remedies: 21
• twentytwo remedies: 22
• twentythree remedies: 23
• sixteen remedies: 24
• two remedies: 25
• one remedy: 26
• oné remedy: 27
• twentytwo remedies: 28
• twentyfive remedies: 29
• five remedies: 30
• one remedy: 31
• eight remedies: 32
• sixteen remedies: 33
• five remedies: 34
• 134动5动 67动动89un训以动动B动HDHB说归说动四 10 11: 35
• twentyone remedies: 36
• fourteen remedies The willow of Ameria one remedy: 37
• thirtythree remedies: 38
• one remedy: 39
• five remedies: 40
• three re medies: 41
• twentynine remedies: 42
• one remedy: 43
• three remedies: 44
• eight remedies: 45
• one remedy: 46
• thirtynine remedies: 47
• five remedies: 48
• two remedies The chamæcissos two remedies The smilax three remedies The clematis eighteen remedies: 49
• nineteen remedies: 50
• three remedies: 51
• five remedies: 52
• one remedy: 53
• eight remedies Stomatice: 54
• nine remedies: 55
• eleven remedies: 56
• two remedies: 57
• thirteen remedies The apocynum two observations upon: 58
• eighteen remedies: 59
• The seed called cachrys: 60
• seven remedies: 61
• two remedies: 62
• two remedies: 63
• eleven remedies: 64
• four remedies: 65
• two remedies The acanthion one remedy: 66
• eighteen remedies: 67
• one remedy: 68
• eight remedies: 69
• two remedies The pyracantha one remedy: 70
• ten remedies: 71
• one remedy The yew one property belonging to: 72
• fiftyone remedies: 73
• three remedies: 74
• The Idæan bramble: 75
• The rhamnos two varieties of it five remedies: 76
• eighteen remedies: 77
• two remedies: 78
• two remedies: 79
• sixteen re medies: 80
• five remedies: 81
• six remedies: 82
• eight remedies: 83
• one remedy: 84
• one remedy: 85
• five remedies The chamæcyparissos two remedies The ampeloprason six remedies The stachys: 86
• three re medies: 87
• three remedies: 88
• The clematis echites or lagine: 89
• two re medies: 90
• Different opinions on the dracontium: 91
• thirteen remedies: 92
• two remedies: 93
• three remedies: 94
• seven remedies: 95
• four remedies: 96
• seven remedies: 97
• three remedies: 98
• Coracesta and callicia: 99
• one remedy: 100
• six remedies: 101
• The aglaophotis or marmaritis The achæmenis or hippo phobas The theobrotion or semnion The adamantis The arianis The therionarca The æthiopis ...: 102
• The eriphia: 103
• one remedy The lactoris one remedy The militaris one remedy: 104
• five remedies: 105
• one remedy: 106
• one remedy: 107
• two remedial properties: 108
• fortysix remedies: 109
• three remedies ib 41 Crnoglossos three remedies: 110
• three remedies: 111
• two remedies: 112
• two remedies: 113
• six remedies: 114
• The elaphoboscon: 115
• twentytwo remedies: 116
• The tragopogon or come: 117
• The employment of these plants for injuries inflicted by serpents: 118
• five remedies: 119
• thirtythree remedies: 120
• remedies: 121
• one remedy: 122
• The sparganion one remedy: 123
• two remedies: 124
• twelve remedies: 125
• three remedies: 126
• six remedies: 127
• one remedy ib 73 Phlomos or verbascum fifteen remedies ib 74 The phlomis one remedy The lychnitis or thryallis ib 75 The thelyphonon or scorpi...: 128
• one remedy ib 77 The alisma damasonion or lyron seventeen remedies: 129
• six remedies: 130
• three remedies: 131
• one remedy ib 82 The pericarpum two varieties of it two remedies ib 83 Remedies for diseases of the head Nymphæa heraclia two remedies: 132
• three remedies: 133
• ten remedies ib 88 The lonchitis four remedies: 134
• one remedy: 135
• Remedies for diseases of the eyes: 136
• six remedies ib 93 The ægilops two remedies: 138
• thirteen remedies: 140
• one dy: 141
• one remedy ib 98 The first kind of capnos known also as chickens foot one re medy: 142
• one remedy: 148
• 的证的动尔动仍如说红动证似流动 58 60: 151
• New forms of disease: 156
• one remedy The stæchas one remedy: 169
• Pycnocomon four remedies: 175
• Remedies for griping pains in the bowels: 181
• The plant of Fulvius: 187
• Lappago or mollugo one remedy Asperugo one remedy: 193
• Remedies for phthiriasis: 206
• ib 12: 213
• 36: 215
• CHAP Page 16 The arction or arcturum five remedies: 228
• The asclepias two remedies: 229
• Ascyron and ascyroïdes three remedies ib 21 The apbaca three remedies: 230
• Alum also called symphyton petræon fourteen remedies: 231
• Alga rufa or red seaweed one remedy: 232
• Absinthium marinum or seriphum: 235
• The ballotes melamprasion or black leek three remedies: 236
• Bryon maritimum five remedies ib 34 The bupleuron one remedy 35 The catanance one observation upon it The cemos one ob: 237
• The calyx three remedies: 238
• The cirsion one remedy: 239
• The cratægonon two kinds of it eight remedies ib 41 The crocodileon two remedies: 240
• The chrysolachanum two varieties of it three remedies Co agulum terræ two remedies: 241
• ib 47 The dipsacos two remedies: 242
• The dryopteris two remedies 213: 243
• Empetros by our people called calcifraga four remedies: 244
• The enneaphyllon two remedies: 245
• Femur bubulum or ox thigh: 246
• The glaux one remedy: 247
• Glaucion three remedies Diaglaucia two remedies ib 60 The glycyside pæonia or pentorobos twenty remedies: 248
• Æthiopis four remedies: 251
• two remedies: 264
• i3 ib 269: 269
• 271: 271
• 37: 272
• ib ib 62 ib 63 ib 64 67 68: 273
• BOOK XXVIII: 275
• Remedies derived from: 277
• Whether words are possessed of any healing efficacy: 278
• That prodigies and portents may be confirmed or made of no effect: 280
• A description of various usages: 285
• Properties of the human spittle: 288
• Remedies derived from the wax of the human ear 9 Remedies derived from the human hair teeth: 291
• Remedies derived from the human blood the sexual con 286 288 291 ib gress: 292
• Various reveries and devices of the magicians: 293
• Remedies derived from the human excretions: 294
• Remedies depending upon the human will: 295
• Remedies derived from sneezing 16 Remedies derived from the sexual congress: 297
• Various other remedies: 298
• Remedies derived from the urine: 299
• Indications of health derived from the urine 20 Fortyone remedies derived from the female: 301
• Remedies derived from womans milk: 303
• Remedies derived from the spittle of females 23 Facts connected with the menstrual discharge: 304
• the elephant eight: 307
• Fifteen remedies derived from the chamæleon: 315
• Twelve remedies derived from cheese: 322
• Blood: 328
• 15: 332
• Remedies for diseases of the head and for alopecy: 334
• Remedies for diseases of the face: 341
• Remedies for tenesmus tapeworm and affections of the colon: 348
• CHAP Page 66 Remedies for fevers: 354
• Remedies for melancholy lethargy and phthisis: 355
• Remedies for dropsy 69 Remedies for erysipelas and for purulent eruptions: 356
• Remedies for sprains indurations and boils ib 71 Remedies for burns The method of testing bullglue seven remedies derived from it: 357
• Remedies for affections of the sinews and for contusions: 358
• Remedies for bæmorrhage ib 74 Remedies for ulcers and carcinomatous sores: 359
• Remedies for the itch: 360
• Remedies for female diseases: 361
• Remedies for the diseases of infants: 364
• Provocatives of sleep: 365
• Remarkable facts relative to animals: 366
• BOOK XXIX: 370
• Particulars relative to Hippocrates Date of the origin of clinical practice and of that of Iatraleptics: 371
• Particulars relative to Chrysippus and Erasistratus ib 4 The Empiric branch of medicine: 372
• Who first practised as a physician at Rome and at what period: 375
• Evils attendant upon the practice of medicine: 376
• Thirtyfive remedies derived from wool: 381
• Thirtytwo remedies derived from woolgrease: 383
• Twentytwo remedies derived from eggs: 385
• Serpents eggs: 388
• BOOK XXV: 390
• Remedies derived from the dog: 391
• Remedies classified according to the different maladies Reme dies for injuries inflicted by serpents Remedies derived from mice: 392
• Remedies derived from bugs: 393
• Particulars relative to the asp: 394
• 297: 397
• THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WILD PLANTS: 399
• 83: 409
• BOOK XXX: 421
• The various branches of magic: 427
• Remedies for affections of the throat: 433
• CHAP Page 18 Remedies for pains in the side and in the loins: 440
• Remedies for dysentery: 441
• bowels: 442
• Remedies for urinary calculi and affections of the bladder: 443
• Remedies for diseases of the fundament and of the generative organs: 445
• Remedies for gout and for diseases of the feet: 446
• Remedies for ovils which are liable to affect the whole body: 448
• Remedies for cold shiverings: 449
• Remedies for paralysis: 450
• Remedies for epilepsy: 451
• Remedies for jaundice: 452
• Remedies for phrenitis ib 30 Remedies for fevers: 453
• Remedies for dropsy: 456
• Remedies for erysipelas ib 33 Remedies for carbuncles: 457
• Remedies for maladies of the nails and fingers: 458
• Remedies for broken bones: 460
• Applications for cicatrizations and for the cure of morphew: 461
• Remedies for female complaints: 462
• Methods of facilitating delivery: 463
• Methods of preserving the breasts from injury: 464
• Various kinds of depilatories: 465
• Provocatives of sleep: 467
• Remedies for phthiriasis and for various other affections: 468
• Peculiarities relative to certain animals: 469
• BOOK XXXI: 471
• The different properties of waters: 472
• Remedies derived from water: 473
• Waters productive of fecundity Waters curative of insanity: 474
• Deadly waters Poisonous fishes: 480
• ib 19 ib ib 20: 487
• The method of conveying water: 494
• Six remedies derived from moss Remedies derived from sand: 500
• twenty remedies Salsugo two remedies: 506
• CHAP Page: 508
• When the wild plants were first brought into: 1
• The nature of lichen: 2
• Ageraton four remedies: 4
• What diseases are attended with the greatest pain Names: 7
• The changes effected by Asclepiades in the practice of medicine: 8
• Androsæmon or ascyron six remedies: 10
• four remedies: 13
• The condurdum: 14
• Aparine omphalocarpos or philanthropos three remedies: 16
• The achilleos sideritis panaces heracleon millefolium or scopæ: 19
• The ephedra or anabasis three remedies: 20
• five remedies: 26

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5; Bohn's classical library; The Natural History of Pliny, Pliny (the Elder.)
• Author: Pliny (the Elder.)
• Translated by: John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley
• Publisher: G. Bell & Sons, 1856
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Apr 29, 2008