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Page 211
... ulcers known to us as ceria , " from their resemblance to a honeycomb , and it acts as an emetic.2 Dried and reduced to a powder , it is given in doses of four oboli in hydromel , the patient , immediately after taking it , being made ...
... ulcers known to us as ceria , " from their resemblance to a honeycomb , and it acts as an emetic.2 Dried and reduced to a powder , it is given in doses of four oboli in hydromel , the patient , immediately after taking it , being made ...
Page 217
... ulcers known as phagedænic . Democritus regards them , taken with the food , as an aphrodisiac ; and it is for this reason , perhaps , that some persons have spoken of them as being injurious to the voice . The leaves , but only those ...
... ulcers known as phagedænic . Democritus regards them , taken with the food , as an aphrodisiac ; and it is for this reason , perhaps , that some persons have spoken of them as being injurious to the voice . The leaves , but only those ...
Page 219
... ulcers , if applied fresh with honey , or else dried and sprinkled on them with meal . Dieuches recommends the root of it to be given , with hy- dromel , for affections of the liver and spleen , as also the sides , loins , and kidneys ...
... ulcers , if applied fresh with honey , or else dried and sprinkled on them with meal . Dieuches recommends the root of it to be given , with hy- dromel , for affections of the liver and spleen , as also the sides , loins , and kidneys ...
Page 224
... ulcer , known also as syce , , " 17 situate in the corner of the eye , from which there is a continual running : some persons , however , give this name to livid pustules , which cause great restlessness in the night . Other kinds of ulcers ...
... ulcer , known also as syce , , " 17 situate in the corner of the eye , from which there is a continual running : some persons , however , give this name to livid pustules , which cause great restlessness in the night . Other kinds of ulcers ...
Page 226
... ulcers of the head . Some persons have pre- scribed boiled garlic for asthmatic patients ; while others , again , have given it raw . Diocles prescribes it , in combina- tion with centaury , for dropsy , and to be taken in a split fig ...
... ulcers of the head . Some persons have pre- scribed boiled garlic for asthmatic patients ; while others , again , have given it raw . Diocles prescribes it , in combina- tion with centaury , for dropsy , and to be taken in a split fig ...
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