The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 4

ancients applied topically arrests barley bean beaten beneficial bladder blossom boiled bowels bread bulbs cabbage Cæsar calends called CHAP chaplets cœliac colour Columella corn cucumber cultivated cunila cure decoction defluxions denarius Dioscorides diseases diuretic doses dried dysentery effect efficacious Egypt emmenagogue employed equinox erysipelas esteemed extremely fact Fée remarks Fée says Fée thinks flatulency flavour flower garden given grain Greeks grows head-ache Heliotropium Hippocrates honey Italy jugerum juice kind known leaf leaves lettuce liniment Linnæus maladies medicinal properties mentioned mixed moon nature numerous oxymel pains particularly persons plant Pliny poison polenta poppy Portrait pounded present day probably produce purpose radish REMEDIES DERIVED resemblance root scorpions seed sextarii similar smell soil solstice sores sowing sown stalk stings of serpents stomach strangury taken in drink taken in wine Theophrastus Trans tumours ulcers uterus varieties Vergiliæ vernal equinox vine vinegar vols wheat wild wind winter