The Natural History of Pliny (Vol. 1-6)

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Pliny the Elder. The Natural History of Pliny (Vol. 1-6)

The Natural History of Pliny (Vol. 1-6)

Table of Contents

Volume I

PREFACE

THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF PLINY

BOOK I.34

DEDICATION. C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS TO HIS FRIEND TITUS VESPASIAN

BOOK II

CHAP. 1. (1.)—WHETHER THE WORLD BE FINITE, AND WHETHER THERE BE MORE THAN ONE WORLD

CHAP. 2. (2.)—OF THE FORM OF THE WORLD91

CHAP. 3. (3.)—OF ITS NATURE; WHENCE THE NAME IS DERIVED

CHAP. 4. (5.)—OF THE ELEMENTS100 AND THE PLANETS101

CHAP. 5. (7.)—OF GOD109

CHAP. 6. (8.)—OF THE NATURE OF THE STARS; OF THE MOTION OF THE PLANETS

CHAP. 7.—OF THE ECLIPSES OF THE MOON AND THE SUN

CHAP. 8. (11.)—OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STARS

CHAP. 9. (12.)—AN ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE HEAVENS BY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS

CHAP. 10. (13.)—ON THE RECURRENCE OF THE ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND THE MOON

CHAP. 11. (14.)—OF THE MOTION OF THE MOON

CHAP. 12. (15.)—OF THE MOTIONS OF THE PLANETS AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THEIR ASPECTS204

CHAP. 13.—WHY THE SAME STARS APPEAR AT SOME TIMES MORE LOFTY AND AT OTHER TIMES MORE NEAR

CHAP. 14. (17.)—WHY THE SAME STARS HAVE DIFFERENT MOTIONS

CHAP. 15.—GENERAL LAWS240 OF THE PLANETS

CHAP. 16. (18.)—THE REASON WHY THE STARS ARE OF DIFFERENT COLOURS

CHAP. 17. (19.)—OF THE MOTION OF THE SUN AND THE CAUSE OF THE IRREGULARITY OF THE DAYS

CHAP. 18. (20.)—WHY THUNDER IS ASCRIBED TO JUPITER

CHAP. 19. (21.)—OF THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS

CHAP. 20. (22.)—OF THE HARMONY OF THE STARS

CHAP. 21. (23.)—OF THE DIMENSIONS OF THE WORLD

CHAP. 22. (24.)—OF THE STARS WHICH APPEAR SUDDENLY, OR OF COMETS270

CHAP. 23.—THEIR NATURE, SITUATION, AND SPECIES

CHAP. 24. (26.)—THE DOCTRINE OF HIPPARCHUS293 ABOUT THE STARS

CHAP. 25.—EXAMPLES FROM HISTORY OF CELESTIAL PRODIGIES; FACES, LAMPADES, AND BOLIDES295

CHAP. 26.—TRABES CELESTES; CHASMA CŒLI

CHAP. 27. (27.)—OF THE COLOURS OF THE SKY AND OF CELESTIAL FLAME

CHAP. 28. (28.)—OF CELESTIAL CORONÆ

CHAP. 29.—OF SUDDEN CIRCLES

CHAP. 30.—OF UNUSUALLY LONG ECLIPSES OF THE SUN

CHAP. 31. (31.)—MANY SUNS

CHAP. 32. (32.)—MANY MOONS

CHAP. 33. (33.)—DAYLIGHT IN THE NIGHT

CHAP. 34. (34.)—BURNING SHIELDS311

CHAP. 35. (35.)—AN OMINOUS APPEARANCE IN THE HEAVENS, THAT WAS SEEN ONCE ONLY

CHAP. 36. (36.)—OF STARS WHICH MOVE ABOUT IN VARIOUS DIRECTIONS

CHAP. 37. (37.)—OF THE STARS WHICH ARE NAMED CASTOR AND POLLUX316

CHAP. 38. (38.)—OF THE AIR AND ON THE CAUSE OF THE SHOWERS OF STONES

CHAP. 39. (39.)—OF THE STATED SEASONS

CHAP. 40. (40.)—OF THE RISING OF THE DOG-STAR

CHAP. 41. (41.)—OF THE REGULAR INFLUENCE OF THE DIFFERENT SEASONS

CHAP. 42. (42.)—OF UNCERTAIN STATES OF THE WEATHER

CHAP. 43. (43.)—OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING

CHAP. 44.—THE ORIGIN OF WINDS

CHAP. 45.—VARIOUS OBSERVATIONS RESPECTING WINDS

CHAP. 46. (47.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WINDS349

CHAP. 47.—THE PERIODS OF THE WINDS360

CHAP. 48.—NATURE OF THE WINDS376

CHAP. 49. (48.)—ECNEPHIAS AND TYPHON

CHAP. 50.—TORNADOES; BLASTING WINDS; WHIRLWINDS389, AND OTHER WONDERFUL KINDS OF TEMPESTS

CHAP. 51. (50.)—OF THUNDER393; IN WHAT COUNTRIES IT DOES NOT FALL, AND FOR WHAT REASON

CHAP. 52. (51.)—OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF LIGHTNING395 AND THEIR WONDERFUL EFFECTS

CHAP. 53. (52.)—THE ETRURIAN400 AND THE ROMAN OBSERVATIONS ON THESE POINTS

CHAP. 54. (53.)—OF CONJURING UP THUNDER

CHAP. 55. (54.)—GENERAL LAWS OF LIGHTNING

CHAP. 56. (55.)—OBJECTS WHICH ARE NEVER STRUCK

CHAP. 57. (56.)—SHOWERS OF MILK, BLOOD, FLESH, IRON, WOOL, AND BAKED TILES422

CHAP. 58. (57.)—RATTLING OF ARMS AND THE SOUND OF TRUMPETS HEARD IN THE SKY

CHAP. 59. (58.)—OF STONES THAT HAVE FALLEN FROM THE CLOUDS429. THE OPINION OF ANAXAGORAS RESPECTING THEM

CHAP. 60. (59.)—THE RAINBOW

CHAP. 61.—THE NATURE OF HAIL, SNOW, HOAR, MIST, DEW; THE FORMS OF CLOUDS

CHAP. 62. (62.)—THE PECULIARITIES OF THE WEATHER IN DIFFERENT PLACES

CHAP. 63. (63.)—NATURE OF THE EARTH

CHAP. 64. (64.)—OF THE FORM OF THE EARTH

CHAP. 65. (65.)—WHETHER THERE BE ANTIPODES?

CHAP. 66.—HOW THE WATER IS CONNECTED WITH THE EARTH. OF THE NAVIGATION OF THE SEA AND THE RIVERS

CHAP. 67. (67.)—WHETHER THE OCEAN SURROUNDS THE EARTH

CHAP. 68. (68.)—WHAT PART OF THE EARTH IS INHABITED

CHAP. 69. (69.)—THAT THE EARTH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD

CHAP. 70. (70.)—OF THE OBLIQUITY OF THE ZONES484

CHAP. 71.—OF THE INEQUALITY OF CLIMATES

CHAP. 72.—IN WHAT PLACES ECLIPSES ARE INVISIBLE, AND WHY THIS IS THE CASE

CHAP. 73. (71.)—WHAT REGULATES THE DAYLIGHT ON THE EARTH

CHAP. 74. (72.)—REMARKS ON DIALS, AS CONNECTED WITH THIS SUBJECT

CHAP. 75. (73.)—WHEN AND WHERE THERE ARE NO SHADOWS

CHAP. 76. (74.)—-WHERE THIS TAKES PLACE TWICE IN THE YEAR AND WHERE THE SHADOWS FALL IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

CHAP. 77. (75.)—WHERE THE DAYS ARE THE LONGEST AND WHERE THE SHORTEST

CHAP. 78. (76.)—OF THE FIRST DIAL

CHAP. 79. (77.)—OF THE MODE IN WHICH THE DAYS ARE COMPUTED

CHAP. 80. (78.)—OF THE DIFFERENCE OF NATIONS AS DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE WORLD

CHAP. 81. (79.)—OF EARTHQUAKES

CHAP. 82. (80.)—OF CLEFTS OF THE EARTH

CHAP. 83. (81.)—SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING EARTHQUAKE

CHAP. 84. (82.)—PRESERVATIVES AGAINST FUTURE EARTHQUAKES

CHAP. 85. (83.)—PRODIGIES OF THE EARTH WHICH HAVE OCCURRED ONCE ONLY

CHAP. 86. (84.)—WONDERFUL CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING EARTHQUAKES

CHAP. 87. (85.)—IN WHAT PLACES THE SEA HAS RECEDED

CHAP. 88. (86.)—THE MODE IN WHICH ISLANDS RISE UP

CHAP. 89. (87.)—WHAT ISLANDS HAVE BEEN FORMED, AND AT WHAT PERIODS

CHAP 90.—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SEPARATED BY THE SEA

CHAP. 91. (89.)—ISLANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN UNITED TO THE MAIN LAND

CHAP. 92. (90.)—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN TOTALLY CHANGED INTO SEAS

CHAP. 93. (91.)—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED UP

CHAP. 94. (92.)—CITIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ABSORBED BY THE SEA

CHAP. 95. (93.)—OF VENTS587 IN THE EARTH

CHAP. 96. (94.)—OF CERTAIN LANDS WHICH ARE ALWAYS SHAKING, AND OF FLOATING ISLANDS

CHAP. 97. (96.)—PLACES IN WHICH IT NEVER RAINS

CHAP. 98.—THE WONDERS OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES COLLECTED TOGETHER

CHAP. 99. (97.)—CONCERNING THE CAUSE OF THE FLOWING AND EBBING OF THE SEA

CHAP. 100.—WHERE THE TIDES RISE AND FALL IN AN UNUSUAL MANNER

CHAP. 101. (98.)—WONDERS OF THE SEA

CHAP. 102. (99.)—THE POWER OF THE MOON OVER THE LAND AND THE SEA

CHAP. 103. (100.)—THE POWER OF THE SUN

CHAP. 104.—WHY THE SEA IS SALT

CHAP. 105. (102.)—WHERE THE SEA IS THE DEEPEST

CHAP. 106. (103.)—THE WONDERS OF FOUNTAINS AND RIVERS

CHAP. 107.—THE WONDERS OF FIRE AND WATER UNITED

CHAP. 108. (104.)—OF MALTHA

CHAP. 109. (105.)—OF NAPHTHA

CHAP. 110. (106.)—PLACES WHICH ARE ALWAYS BURNING

CHAP. 111. (107.)—WONDERS OF FIRE ALONE

CHAP. 112. (108.)—THE DIMENSIONS OF THE EARTH

CHAP. 113.—THE HARMONICAL PROPORTION OF THE UNIVERSE

BOOK III

INTRODUCTION

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE BOUNDARIES AND GULFS OF EUROPE FIRST SET FORTH IN A GENERAL WAY

CHAP. 2.—OF SPAIN GENERALLY

CHAP. 3.—OF BÆTICA

CHAP. 4. (3.)—OF NEARER SPAIN

CHAP. 5. (4.)—OF THE PROVINCE OF GALLIA NARBONENSIS

CHAP. 6. (5.)—OF ITALY

CHAP. 7.—OF THE NINTH1167 REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 8.—THE SEVENTH REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 9.—THE FIRST REGION OF ITALY1264; THE TIBER; ROME

CHAP. 10.—THE THIRD REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 11.—SIXTY-FOUR ISLANDS, AMONG WHICH ARE THE BALEARES

CHAP. 12. (6.)—CORSICA

CHAP. 13.—SARDINIA

CHAP. 14. (8.)—SICILY

CHAP. 15. (10.)—MAGNA GRÆCIA, BEGINNING AT LOCRI

CHAP. 16.—THE SECOND REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 17. (12.)—THE FOURTH REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 18. (13.)—THE FIFTH REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 19. (14.)—THE SIXTH REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 20. (15.)—THE EIGHTH REGION OF ITALY; THE PADUS

CHAP. 21. (17.)—THE ELEVENTH REGION OF ITALY; ITALIA TRANSPADANA

CHAP. 22. (18.)—THE TENTH REGION OF ITALY

CHAP. 23. (19.)—ISTRIA, ITS PEOPLE AND LOCALITY

CHAP. 24. (20.)—THE ALPS, AND THE ALPINE NATIONS

CHAP. 25. (21.)—LIBURNIA AND ILLYRICUM

CHAP. 26. (22.)—DALMATIA

CHAP. 27. (24.)—THE NORICI

CHAP. 28. (25.)—PANNONIA

CHAP. 29. (26.)—MŒSIA

CHAP. 30.—ISLANDS OF THE IONIAN SEA AND THE ADRIATIC

BOOK IV

CHAP. 1. (1.)—EPIRUS

CHAP. 2.—ACARNANIA

CHAP. 3. (2.)—ÆTOLIA

CHAP. 4. (3.)—LOCRIS AND PHOCIS

CHAP. 5. (4.)—THE PELOPONNESUS

CHAP. 6. (5.)—ACHAIA

CHAP. 7.—MESSENIA

CHAP. 8.—LACONIA

CHAP. 9.—ARGOLIS

CHAP. 10. (6.)—ARCADIA

CHAP. 11. (7.)—ATTICA

CHAP. 12.—BŒOTIA

CHAP. 13.—DORIS

CHAP. 14.—PHTHIOTIS

CHAP. 15. (8.)—THESSALY PROPER

CHAP. 16. (9.)—MAGNESIA

CHAP. 17. (10.)—MACEDONIA

CHAP. 18. (11.)—THRACE; THE ÆGEAN SEA

CHAP. 19. (12.)—THE ISLANDS WHICH LIE BEFORE THE LANDS ALREADY MENTIONED

CHAP. 20.—CRETE

CHAP. 21.—EUBŒA

CHAP. 22.—THE CYCLADES

CHAP. 23.—THE SPORADES

CHAP. 24.—THE HELLESPONT.—THE LAKE MÆOTIS

CHAP. 25.—DACIA, SARMATIA

CHAP. 26.—SCYTHIA

CHAP. 27.—THE ISLANDS OF THE EUXINE. THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTHERN OCEAN

CHAP. 28.—GERMANY

CHAP. 29. (15.)—NINETY-SIX ISLANDS OF THE GALLIC OCEAN

CHAP. 30. (16.)—BRITANNIA

CHAP. 31. (17.)—GALLIA BELGICA

CHAP. 32. (18.)—GALLIA LUGDUNENSIS

CHAP. 33. (19.)—GALLIA AQUITANICA

CHAP. 34. (20.)—NEARER SPAIN, ITS COAST ALONG THE GALLIC OCEAN

CHAP. 35. (21.)—LUSITANIA

CHAP. 36.—THE ISLANDS IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

CHAP. 37. (23.)—THE GENERAL MEASUREMENT OF EUROPE

BOOK V

CHAP. 1.—THE TWO MAURITANIAS

CHAP. 2. (3.)—NUMIDIA

CHAP. 3. (4.)—AFRICA

CHAP. 4.—THE SYRTES

CHAP. 5. (5.)—CYRENAICA

CHAP. 6. (6.)—LIBYA MAREOTIS

CHAP. 7. (7.)—THE ISLANDS IN THE VICINITY OF AFRICA

CHAP. 8. (8.)—COUNTRIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AFRICA

CHAP. 9. (9.)—EGYPT AND THEBAIS

CHAP. 10.—THE RIVER NILE

CHAP. 11.—THE CITIES OF EGYPT

CHAP. 12. (11.)—THE COASTS OF ARABIA, SITUATE ON THE EGYPTIAN SEA

CHAP. 13. (12.)—SYRIA

CHAP. 14.—IDUMÆA, PALÆSTINA, AND SAMARIA

CHAP. 15. (14.)—JUDÆA

CHAP. 16. (18.)—DECAPOLIS

CHAP. 17. (19.)—PHŒNICE

CHAP. 18.—SYRIA ANTIOCHIA

CHAP. 19. (23.)—THE REMAINING PARTS OF SYRIA

CHAP. 20. (24.)—THE EUPHRATES

CHAP. 21.—SYRIA UPON THE EUPHRATES

CHAP. 22. (27.)—CILICIA AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS

CHAP. 23.—ISAURIA AND THE HOMONADES

CHAP. 24.—PISIDIA

CHAP. 25.—LYCAONIA

CHAP. 26.—PAMPHYLIA

CHAP. 27.—MOUNT TAURUS

CHAP. 28.—LYCIA

CHAP. 29.—CARIA

CHAP. 30.—LYDIA

CHAP. 31.—IONIA

CHAP. 32. (30.)—ÆOLIS

CHAP. 33.—TROAS AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS

CHAP. 34. (31.)—THE ISLANDS WHICH LIE IN FRONT OF ASIA

CHAP. 35.—CYPRUS

CHAP. 36.—RHODES

CHAP. 37.—SAMOS

CHAP. 38.—CHIOS

CHAP. 39.—LESBOS

CHAP. 40. (32.)—THE HELLESPONT AND MYSIA

CHAP. 41.—PHRYGIA

CHAP. 42.—GALATIA AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS

CHAP. 43.—BITHYNIA

CHAP. 44.—THE ISLANDS OF THE PROPONTIS

APPENDIX OF CORRECTIONS

Volume II

BOOK VI

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE EUXINE AND THE MARYANDINI

CHAP. 2. (2.)—PAPHLAGONIA

CHAP. 3. (3.)—CAPPADOCIA

CHAP. 4.—THE REGION OF THEMISCYRA, AND THE NATIONS THEREIN

CHAP. 5. (5.)—THE REGION OF COLICA, THE NATIONS OF THE ACHÆI, AND OTHER NATIONS IN THE SAME PARTS

CHAP. 6.—THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS

CHAP. 7.—LAKE MÆOTIS AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS

CHAP. 8. (8.)—THE SITUATION OF CAPPADOCIA

CHAP. 9. (9.)—THE LESSER AND THE GREATER ARMENIA

CHAP. 10.—THE RIVERS CYRUS AND ARAXES

CHAP. 11. (10.)—ALBANIA, IBERIA, AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS

CHAP. 12. (11.)—THE PASSES OF THE CAUCASUS

CHAP. 13. (12.)—THE ISLANDS OF THE EUXINE

CHAP. 14. (13.)—NATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SCYTHIAN OCEAN

CHAP. 15.—THE CASPIAN AND HYRCANIAN SEA

CHAP. 16.—ADIABENE

CHAP. 17. (14.)—MEDIA AND THE CASPIAN GATES

CHAP. 18. (16.)—NATIONS SITUATE AROUND THE HYRCANIAN SEA

CHAP. 19. (17.)—THE NATIONS OF SCYTHIA AND THE COUNTRIES ON THE EASTERN OCEAN

CHAP. 20.—THE SERES

CHAP. 21.—THE NATIONS OF INDIA

CHAP. 22. (18.)—THE GANGES

CHAP. 23. (20.)—THE INDUS

CHAP. 24. (22.)—TAPROBANE

CHAP. 25.—THE ARIANI AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS

CHAP. 26.—VOYAGES TO INDIA

CHAP. 27.—CARMANIA

CHAP. 28.—THE PERSIAN AND THE ARABIAN GULFS

CHAP. 29.—THE PARTHIAN EMPIRE

CHAP. 30.—MESOPOTAMIA

CHAP. 31.—THE TIGRIS

CHAP. 32. (28.)—ARABIA

CHAP. 33.—THE GULFS OF THE RED SEA

CHAP. 34.—TROGLODYTICE

CHAP. 35.—ÆTHIOPIA

CHAP. 36. (31.)—ISLANDS OF THE ÆTHIOPIAN SEA

CHAP. 37. (32.)—THE FORTUNATE ISLANDS

CHAP. 38.—THE COMPARATIVE DISTANCES OF PLACES ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH

CHAP. 39.—DIVISION OF THE EARTH INTO PARALLELS AND SHADOWS OF EQUAL LENGTH

BOOK VII.835

CHAP. 1.—MAN

CHAP. 2.—THE WONDERFUL FORMS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS

CHAP. 3.—MARVELLOUS BIRTHS

CHAP. 4. (5.)—THE GENERATION OF MAN; UNUSUAL DURATION OF PREGNANCY; INSTANCES OF IT FROM SEVEN TO TWELVE MONTHS

CHAP. 5. (6.)—INDICATIONS OF THE SEX OF THE CHILD DURING THE PREGNANCY OF THE MOTHER.970

CHAP. 6. (8.)—MONSTROUS BIRTHS

CHAP. 7. (9.)—OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF THE WOMB

CHAP. 8. (10.)—WHO WERE CALLED VOPISCI

CHAP. 9. (11.)—THE CONCEPTION AND GENERATION OF MAN

CHAP. 10.—STRIKING INSTANCES OF RESEMBLANCE

CHAP. 11. (13.)—WHAT MEN ARE SUITED FOR GENERATION. INSTANCES OF VERY NUMEROUS OFFSPRING

CHAP. 12. (14.)—AT WHAT AGE GENERATION CEASES

CHAP. 13. (15.)—REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE

CHAP. 14.—THE THEORY OF GENERATION

CHAP. 15.—SOME ACCOUNT OF THE TEETH, AND SOME FACTS CONCERNING INFANTS

CHAP. 16.—EXAMPLES OF UNUSUAL SIZE

CHAP. 17.—CHILDREN REMARKABLE FOR THEIR PRECOCITY

CHAP. 18.—SOME REMARKABLE PROPERTIES OF THE BODY

CHAP. 19. (20.)—INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH

CHAP. 20.—INSTANCES OF REMARKABLE AGILITY

CHAP. 21. (21.)—INSTANCES OF ACUTENESS OF SIGHT

CHAP. 22. (22.)—INSTANCES OF REMARKABLE ACUTENESS OF HEARING

CHAP. 23. (23.)—INSTANCES OF ENDURANCE OF PAIN

CHAP. 24. (24.)—MEMORY

CHAP. 25. (25.)—VIGOR OF MIND

CHAP. 26.—CLEMENCY AND GREATNESS OF MIND

CHAP. 27. (26.)—HEROIC EXPLOITS

CHAP. 28. (27.)—UNION IN THE SAME PERSON OF THREE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITIES WITH THE GREATEST PURITY

CHAP. 29. (28.)—INSTANCES OF EXTREME COURAGE

CHAP. 30. (29.)—MEN OF REMARKABLE GENIUS

CHAP. 31. (30.)—MEN WHO HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE FOR WISDOM

CHAP. 32. (32.)—PRECEPTS THE MOST USEFUL IN LIFE

CHAP. 33. (33.)—DIVINATION

CHAP. 34. (34.)—THE MAN WHO WAS PRONOUNCED TO BE THE MOST EXCELLENT

CHAP. 35. (35.)—THE MOST CHASTE MATRONS

CHAP. 36. (36.)—INSTANCES OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF AFFECTION

CHAP. 37. (37.)—NAMES OF MEN WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN THE ARTS, ASTROLOGY, GRAMMAR, AND MEDICINE

CHAP. 38.—GEOMETRY AND ARCHITECTURE

CHAP. 39. (38.)—OF PAINTING; ENGRAVING ON BRONZE, MARBLE, AND IVORY; OF CARVING

CHAP. 40. (39.)—SLAVES FOR WHICH A HIGH PRICE HAS BEEN GIVEN

CHAP. 41. (40.)—SUPREME HAPPINESS

CHAP. 42. (41.)—RARE INSTANCES OF GOOD FORTUNE CONTINUING IN THE SAME FAMILY

CHAP. 43. (42.)—REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF VICISSITUDES

CHAP. 44.—REMARKABLE EXAMPLES OF HONOURS

CHAP. 45.—TEN VERY FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH HAVE HAPPENED TO THE SAME PERSON

CHAP. 46.—THE MISFORTUNES OF AUGUSTUS

CHAP. 47. (46.)—MEN WHOM THE GODS HAVE PRONOUNCED TO BE THE MOST HAPPY

CHAP. 48. (47.)—THE MAN WHOM THE GODS ORDERED TO BE WORSHIPPED DURING HIS LIFE-TIME; A REMARKABLE FLASH OF LIGHTNING

CHAP. 49. (48.)—THE GREATEST LENGTH OF LIFE

CHAP. 50. (49.)—THE VARIETY OF DESTINIES AT THE BIRTH OF MAN

CHAP. 51. (50.)—VARIOUS INSTANCES OF DISEASES

CHAP. 52. (51.)—DEATH

CHAP. 53. (52.)—PERSONS WHO HAVE COME TO LIFE AGAIN AFTER BEING LAID OUT FOR BURIAL

CHAP. 54. (53.)—INSTANCES OF SUDDEN DEATH

CHAP. 55. (54.)—BURIAL

CHAP. 56. (55.)—THE MANES, OR DEPARTED SPIRITS OF THE SOUL

CHAP. 57. (56.)—THE INVENTORS OF VARIOUS THINGS

CHAP. 58. (57.)—THE THINGS ABOUT WHICH MANKIND FIRST OF ALL AGREED. THE ANCIENT LETTERS

CHAP. 59. (59.)—WHEN BARBERS WERE FIRST EMPLOYED.1482

CHAP. 60.—WHEN THE FIRST TIME-PIECES WERE MADE

BOOK VIII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—ELEPHANTS; THEIR CAPACITY

CHAP. 2. (2.)—WHEN ELEPHANTS WERE FIRST PUT INTO HARNESS

CHAP. 3. (3.)—THE DOCILITY OF THE ELEPHANT

CHAP. 4.—WONDERFUL THINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN DONE BY THE ELEPHANT

CHAP. 5. (4.)—THE INSTINCT OF WILD ANIMALS IN PERCEIVING DANGER

CHAP. 6. (6.)—WHEN ELEPHANTS WERE FIRST SEEN IN ITALY

CHAP. 7. (7.)—THE COMBATS OF ELEPHANTS

CHAP. 8. (8.)—THE WAY IN WHICH ELEPHANTS ARE CAUGHT

CHAP. 9. (9.)—THE METHOD BY WHICH THEY ARE TAMED

CHAP. 10. (10.)—THE BIRTH OF THE ELEPHANT, AND OTHER PARTICULARS RESPECTING IT

CHAP. 11. (11.)—IN WHAT COUNTRIES THE ELEPHANT IS FOUND; THE ANTIPATHY OF THE ELEPHANT AND THE DRAGON

CHAP. 12. (12.)—THE SAGACITY OF THESE ANIMALS

CHAP. 13. (13.)—DRAGONS

CHAP. 14. (14.)—SERPENTS OF REMARKABLE SIZE

CHAP. 15. (15.)—THE ANIMALS OF SCYTHIA; THE BISON

CHAP. 16.—THE ANIMALS OF THE NORTH; THE ELK, THE ACHLIS, AND THE BONASUS

CHAP. 17.—LIONS; HOW THEY ARE PRODUCED

CHAP. 18.—THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF LIONS

CHAP. 19.—THE PECULIAR CHARACTER OF THE LION

CHAP. 20.—WHO IT WAS THAT FIRST INTRODUCED COMBATS OF LIONS AT ROME, AND WHO HAS BROUGHT TOGETHER THE GREATEST NUMBER OF LIONS FOR THAT PURPOSE

CHAP. 21.—WONDERFUL FEATS PERFORMED BY LIONS

CHAP. 22.—A MAN RECOGNIZED AND SAVED BY A DRAGON

CHAP. 23.—PANTHERS

CHAP. 24.—THE DECREE OF THE SENATE, AND LAWS RESPECTING AFRICAN ANIMALS; WHO FIRST BROUGHT THEM TO ROME, AND WHO BROUGHT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF THEM

CHAP. 25.—TIGERS: WHEN FIRST SEEN AT ROME; THEIR NATURE

CHAP. 26.—CAMELS:1699 THE DIFFERENT KINDS

CHAP. 27.—THE CAMELEOPARD; WHEN IT WAS FIRST SEEN AT ROME

CHAP. 28. (19.)—THE CHAMA, AND THE CEPUS

CHAP. 29. (20.)—THE RHINOCEROS

CHAP. 30. (21.)—THE LYNX, THE SPHINX, THE CROCOTTA, AND THE MONKEY

CHAP. 31.—THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS OF INDIA

CHAP. 32.—THE ANIMALS OF ÆTHIOPIA; A WILD BEAST WHICH KILLS WITH ITS EYE

CHAP. 33.—THE SERPENTS CALLED BASILISKS

CHAP. 34. (22.)—WOLVES; THE ORIGIN OF THE STORY OF VERSIPELLIS

CHAP. 35. (23.)—DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERPENTS

CHAP. 36.—THE ICHNEUMON

CHAP. 37. (25.)—THE CROCODILE

CHAP. 38.—THE SCINCUS

CHAP. 39.—THE HIPPOPOTAMUS

CHAP. 40. (26.)—WHO FIRST EXHIBITED THE HIPPOPOTAMUS AND THE CROCODILE AT ROME

CHAP. 41. (27.)—THE MEDICINAL REMEDIES WHICH HAVE BEEN BORROWED FROM ANIMALS.1773

CHAP. 42. (28.)—PROGNOSTICS OF DANGER DERIVED FROM ANIMALS

CHAP. 43. (29.)—NATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXTERMINATED BY ANIMALS

CHAP. 44. (30.)—THE HYÆNA

CHAP. 45.—THE COROCOTTA; THE MANTICHORA.1799

CHAP. 46.—WILD ASSES

CHAP. 47.—BEAVERS, AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS;1801 OTTERS

CHAP. 48. (31.)—BRAMBLE-FROGS

CHAP. 49.—THE SEA-CALF; BEAVERS; LIZARDS

CHAP. 50. (32.)—STAGS

CHAP. 51.—THE CHAMELEON

CHAP. 52.—OTHER ANIMALS WHICH CHANGE COLOUR; THE TARANDUS, THE LYCAON, AND THE THOS

CHAP. 53. (35.)—THE PORCUPINE

CHAP. 54. (36.)—BEARS AND THEIR CUBS

CHAP. 55. (37.)—THE MICE OF PONTUS AND OF THE ALPS

CHAP. 56.—HEDGEHOGS

CHAP. 57. (38.)—THE LEONTOPHONUS, AND THE LYNX.1858

CHAP. 58.—BADGERS AND SQUIRRELS

CHAP. 59. (39.)—VIPERS AND SNAILS

CHAP. 60.—LIZARDS.1872

CHAP. 61. (40.)—THE QUALITIES OF THE DOG; EXAMPLES OF ITS ATTACHMENT TO ITS MASTER; NATIONS WHICH HAVE KEPT DOGS FOR THE PURPOSES OF WAR

CHAP. 62.—THE GENERATION OF THE DOG.1888

CHAP. 63.—REMEDIES AGAINST CANINE MADNESS.1890

CHAP. 64. (42.)—THE NATURE OF THE HORSE

CHAP. 65.—THE DISPOSITION OF THE HORSE; REMARKABLE FACTS CONCERNING CHARIOT HORSES

CHAP. 66.—THE GENERATION OF THE HORSE.1916

CHAP. 67.—MARES IMPREGNATED BY THE WIND

CHAP. 68. (45.)—THE ASS, ITS GENERATION

CHAP. 69. (44.)—THE NATURE OF MULES,1940 AND OF OTHER BEASTS OF BURDEN

CHAP. 70. (45.)—OXEN; THEIR GENERATION

CHAP. 71. (46.)—THE EGYPTIAN APIS.1965

CHAP. 72. (47.)—SHEEP, AND THEIR PROPAGATION.1971

CHAP. 73. (43.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WOOL, AND THEIR COLOURS.1984

CHAP. 74.—DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLOTHS

CHAP. 75.—THE DIFFERENT SHAPES OF SHEEP; THE MUSMON

CHAP. 76. (50.)—GOATS AND THEIR PROPAGATION

CHAP. 77. (51.)—THE HOG.2060

CHAP. 78.—THE WILD BOAR; WHO WAS THE FIRST TO ESTABLISH PARKS FOR WILD ANIMALS

CHAP. 79. (53.)—ANIMALS IN A HALF-WILD STATE

CHAP. 80. (54.)—APES

CHAP. 81. (55.)—THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF HARES

CHAP. 82. (56.)—ANIMALS WHICH ARE TAMED IN PART ONLY

CHAP. 83. (58.)—PLACES IN WHICH CERTAIN ANIMALS ARE NOT TO BE FOUND

CHAP. 84. (59.)—ANIMALS WHICH INJURE STRANGERS ONLY, AS ALSO ANIMALS WHICH INJURE THE NATIVES OF THE COUNTRY ONLY, AND WHERE THEY ARE FOUND

BOOK IX

CHAP. 1. (1.)—WHY THE LARGEST ANIMALS ARE FOUND IN THE SEA

CHAP. 2. (3.)—THE SEA MONSTERS OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

CHAP. 3. (4.)—THE LARGEST ANIMALS THAT ARE FOUND IN EACH OCEAN

CHAP. 4. (5.)—THE FORMS OF THE TRITONS AND NEREIDS. THE FORMS OF SEA ELEPHANTS

CHAP. 5. (6.)—THE BALÆNA AND THE ORCA

CHAP. 6.—WHETHER FISHES RESPIRE, AND WHETHER THEY SLEEP

CHAP. 7. (8.)—DOLPHINS

CHAP. 8.—HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE BEEN BELOVED BY DOLPHINS

CHAP. 9.—PLACES WHERE DOLPHINS HELP MEN TO FISH

CHAP. 10.—OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS RELATING TO DOLPHINS

CHAP. 11. (9.)—THE TURSIO

CHAP. 12. (10.)—TURTLES.2290 THE VARIOUS KINDS OF TURTLES, AND HOW THEY ARE CAUGHT

CHAP. 13. (11.)—WHO FIRST INVENTED THE ART OF CUTTING TORTOISE-SHELL

CHAP. 14. (12.)—DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC ANIMALS INTO VARIOUS SPECIES

CHAP. 15. (13.)—THOSE WHICH ARE COVERED WITH HAIR, OR HAVE NONE, AND HOW THEY BRING FORTH. SEA-CALVES, OR PHOCÆ

CHAP. 16.—HOW MANY KINDS OF FISH THERE ARE

CHAP. 17. (15.)—WHICH OF THE FISHES ARE OF THE LARGEST SIZE

CHAP. 18.—TUNNIES, CORDYLA, AND PELAMIDES, AND THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THEM THAT ARE SALTED. MELANDRYA, APOLECTI, AND CYBIA

CHAP. 19.—THE AURIAS AND THE SCOMBER

CHAP. 20.—FISHES WHICH ARE NEVER FOUND IN THE EUXINE; THOSE WHICH ENTER IT AND RETURN

CHAP. 21.—WHY FISHES LEAP ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER

CHAP. 22. (16.)—THAT AUGURIES ARE DERIVED FROM FISHES

CHAP. 23.—WHAT KINDS OF FISHES HAVE NO MALES

CHAP. 24.—FISHES WHICH HAVE A STONE IN THE HEAD; THOSE WHICH KEEP THEMSELVES CONCEALED DURING WINTER; AND THOSE WHICH ARE NOT TAKEN IN WINTER, EXCEPT UPON STATED DAYS

CHAP. 25.—FISHES WHICH CONCEAL THEMSELVES DURING THE SUMMER; THOSE WHICH ARE INFLUENCED BY THE STARS

CHAP. 26. (17.)—THE MULLET

CHAP. 27.—THE ACIPENSER

CHAP. 28.—THE LUPUS, ASELLUS

CHAP. 29.—THE SCARUS, THE MUSTELA

CHAP. 30.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MULLETS, AND THE SARGUS THAT ATTENDS THEM

CHAP. 31.—ENORMOUS PRICES OF SOME FISH

CHAP. 32.—THAT THE SAME KINDS ARE NOT EVERYWHERE EQUALLY ESTEEMED

CHAP. 33.—GILLS AND SCALES

CHAP. 34. (19.)—FISHES WHICH HAVE A VOICE.—FISHES WITHOUT GILLS

CHAP. 35.—FISHES WHICH COME ON LAND. THE PROPER TIME FOR CATCHING FISH

CHAP. 36. (20.)—CLASSIFICATION OF FISHES, ACCORDING TO THE SHAPE OF THE BODY

CHAP. 37.—THE FINS OF FISH, AND THEIR MODE OF SWIMMING

CHAP. 38. (21.)—EELS

CHAP. 39. (23.)—THE MURÆNA

CHAP. 40. (24.)—VARIOUS KINDS OF FLAT FISH

CHAP. 41. (25.)—THE ECHENEIS, AND ITS USES IN ENCHANTMENTS

CHAP. 42. (26.)—FISHES WHICH CHANGE THEIR COLOUR

CHAP. 43.—FISHES WHICH FLY ABOVE THE WATER.—THE SEA-SWALLOW.—THE FISH THAT SHINES IN THE NIGHT.—THE HORNED FISH.—THE SEA-DRAGON

CHAP. 44. (28.)—FISHES WHICH HAVE NO BLOOD.—FISHES KNOWN AS SOFT FISH

CHAP. 45. (29.)—THE SÆPIA, THE LOLIGO, THE SCALLOP

CHAP. 46.—THE POLYPUS

CHAP. 47.—THE NAUTILUS, OR SAILING POLYPUS

CHAP. 48. (30.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF POLYPI; THEIR SHREWDNESS

CHAP. 49.—THE SAILING NAUPLIUS

CHAP. 50.—SEA-ANIMALS, WHICH ARE ENCLOSED WITH A CRUST; THE CRAY-FISH

CHAP. 51.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF CRABS; THE PINNOTHERES, THE SEA URCHIN, COCKLES, AND SCALLOPS

CHAP. 52.—VARIOUS KINDS OF SHELL-FISH

CHAP. 53. (34.)—WHAT NUMEROUS APPLIANCES OF LUXURY ARE FOUND IN THE SEA

CHAP. 54.—PEARLS; HOW THEY ARE PRODUCED, AND WHERE

CHAP. 55.—HOW PEARLS ARE FOUND

CHAP. 56.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PEARLS

CHAP. 57.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH PEARLS—THEIR NATURE

CHAP. 58.—INSTANCES OF THE USE OF PEARLS

CHAP. 59.—HOW PEARLS FIRST CAME INTO USE AT ROME

CHAP. 60.—THE NATURE OF THE MUREX AND THE PURPLE

CHAP. 61.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PURPLES

CHAP. 62. (38.)—HOW WOOLS ARE DYED WITH THE JUICES OF THE PURPLE

CHAP. 63. (39.)—WHEN PURPLE WAS FIRST USED AT ROME: WHEN THE LATICLAVE VESTMENT AND THE PRÆTEXTA WERE FIRST WORN

CHAP. 64.—FABRICS CALLED CONCHYLIATED

CHAP. 65.—THE AMETHYST, THE TYRIAN, THE HYSGINIAN, AND THE CRIMSON TINTS

CHAP. 66. (42.)—THE PINNA, AND THE PINNOTHERES

CHAP. 67.—THE SENSITIVENESS OF WATER ANIMALS; THE TORPEDO, THE PASTINACA, THE SCOLOPENDRA, THE GLANIS, AND THE RAM-FISH

CHAP. 68. (45.)—BODIES WHICH HAVE A THIRD NATURE, THAT OF THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE COMBINED—THE SEA-NETTLE

CHAP. 69.—SPONGES; THE VARIOUS KINDS OF THEM, AND WHERE THEY ARE PRODUCED: PROOFS THAT THEY ARE GIFTED WITH LIFE BY NATURE

CHAP. 70. (46.)—DOG-FISH.2747

CHAP. 71.—FISHES WHICH ARE ENCLOSED IN A STONY SHELL—SEA ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO SENSATION—-OTHER ANIMALS WHICH LIVE IN THE MUD

CHAP. 72. (48.)—VENOMOUS SEA-ANIMALS

CHAP. 73. (49.)—THE MALADIES OF FISHES

CHAP. 74. (50.)—THE GENERATION OF FISHES

CHAP. 75.—FISHES WHICH ARE BOTH OVIPAROUS AND VIVIPAROUS

CHAP. 76.—FISHES THE BELLY OF WHICH OPENS IN SPAWNING, AND THEN CLOSES AGAIN

CHAP. 77. (52.)—FISHES WHICH HAVE A WOMB; THOSE WHICH IMPREGNATE THEMSELVES

CHAP. 78. (53.)—THE LONGEST LIVES KNOWN AMONGST FISHES

CHAP. 79. (54.)—THE FIRST PERSON THAT FORMED ARTIFICIAL OYSTER-BEDS

CHAP. 80.—WHO WAS THE FIRST INVENTOR OF PRESERVES FOR OTHER FISH

CHAP. 81. (55.)—WHO INVENTED PRESERVES FOR MURENÆ

CHAP. 82. (56.)—WHO INVENTED PRESERVES FOR SEA-SNAILS

CHAP. 83. (57.)—LAND FISHES

CHAP. 84. (58.)—THE MICE OF THE NILE

CHAP. 85. (59.)—HOW THE FISH CALLED THE ANTHIAS IS TAKEN

CHAP. 86. (60.)—SEA-STARS

CHAP. 87. (61.)—THE MARVELLOUS PROPERTIES OF THE DACTYLUS

CHAP. 88. (62.)—THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES THAT EXIST BETWEEN AQUATIC ANIMALS

BOOK X

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE OSTRICH

CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE PHŒNIX

CHAP. 3. (3.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF EAGLES

CHAP. 4.—THE NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EAGLE

CHAP. 5. (4.)—WHEN THE EAGLE WAS FIRST USED AS THE STANDARD OF THE ROMAN LEGIONS

CHAP. 6. (5.)—AN EAGLE WHICH PRECIPITATED ITSELF ON THE FUNERAL PILE OF A GIRL

CHAP. 7. (6.)—THE VULTURE

CHAP. 8. (7.)—THE BIRDS CALLED SANGUALIS AND IMMUSULUS

CHAP. 9. (8.)—HAWKS. THE BUTEO

CHAP. 10.—IN WHAT PLACES HAWKS AND MEN PURSUE THE CHASE IN COMPANY WITH EACH OTHER

CHAP. 11. (9.)—THE ONLY BIRD THAT IS KILLED BY THOSE OF ITS OWN KIND.—A BIRD THAT LAYS ONLY ONE EGG

CHAP. 12. (10.)—THE KITE

CHAP. 13. (11.)—THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS

CHAP. 14. (12.)—CROWS. BIRDS OF ILL OMEN. AT WHAT SEASONS THEY ARE NOT INAUSPICIOUS

CHAP. 15.—THE RAVEN

CHAP. 16.—THE HORNED OWL

CHAP. 17. (13.)—BIRDS, THE RACE OF WHICH IS EXTINCT, OR OF WHICH ALL KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN LOST

CHAP. 18. (16.)—BIRDS WHICH ARE BORN WITH THE TAIL FIRST

CHAP. 19. (17.)—THE OWLET

CHAP. 20. (18.)—THE WOOD-PECKER OF MARS

CHAP. 21. (19.)—BIRDS WHICH HAVE HOOKED TALONS

CHAP. 22. (20.)—THE PEACOCK

CHAP. 23.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO KILL THE PEACOCK FOR FOOD.—WHO FIRST TAUGHT THE ART OF CRAMMING THEM

CHAP. 24. (21.)—THE DUNGHILL COCK

CHAP. 25.—HOW COCKS ARE CASTRATED. A COCK THAT ONCE SPOKE

CHAP. 26. (22.)—THE GOOSE

CHAP. 27.—WHO FIRST TAUGHT US TO USE THE LIVER OF THE GOOSE FOR FOOD

CHAP. 28.—OF THE COMMAGENIAN MEDICAMENT

CHAP. 29.—THE CHENALOPEX, THE CHENEROS, THE TETRAO, AND THE OTIS

CHAP. 30. (23.)—CRANES

CHAP. 31.—STORKS

CHAP. 32.—SWANS

CHAP. 33.—FOREIGN BIRDS WHICH VISIT US; THE QUAIL, THE GLOTTIS, THE CYCHRAMUS, AND THE OTUS

CHAP. 34. (24.)—SWALLOWS

CHAP. 35.—BIRDS WHICH TAKE THEIR DEPARTURE FROM US, AND WHITHER THEY GO; THE THRUSH, THE BLACKBIRD, AND THE STARLING—BIRDS WHICH LOSE THEIR FEATHERS DURING THEIR RETIREMENT—THE TURTLE-DOVE AND THE RING-DOVE—THE FLIGHT OF STARLINGS AND SWALLOWS

CHAP. 36. (25.)—BIRDS WHICH REMAIN WITH US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR; BIRDS WHICH REMAIN WITH US ONLY SIX OR THREE MONTHS; WITWALLS AND HOOPOES

CHAP. 37. (26.)—THE MEMNONIDES

CHAP. 38.—THE MELEAGRIDES

CHAP. 39. (27.)—THE SELEUCIDES

CHAP. 40. (28.)—THE IBIS

CHAP. 41. (29.)—PLACES IN WHICH CERTAIN BIRDS ARE NEVER FOUND

CHAP. 42.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF BIRDS WHICH AFFORD OMENS BY THEIR NOTE—BIRDS WHICH CHANGE THEIR COLOUR AND THEIR VOICE

CHAP. 43.—THE NIGHTINGALE

CHAP. 44.—THE MELANCORYPHUS, THE ERITHACUS, AND THE PHŒNICURUS

CHAP. 45.—THE ŒNANTHE, THE CHLORION, THE BLACKBIRD, AND THE IBIS

CHAP. 46. (31.)—THE TIMES OF INCUBATION OF BIRDS

CHAP. 47. (32.)—THE HALCYONES: THE HALCYON DAYS THAT ARE FAVOURABLE TO NAVIGATION

CHAP. 48.—OTHER KINDS OF AQUATIC BIRDS

CHAP. 49. (33.)—THE INSTINCTIVE CLEVERNESS DISPLAYED BY BIRDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR NESTS. THE WONDERFUL WORKS OF THE SWALLOW. THE BANK-SWALLOW

CHAP. 50.—THE ACANTHYLLIS AND OTHER BIRDS

CHAP. 51.—THE MEROPS—PARTRIDGES

CHAP. 52. (34.)—PIGEONS

CHAP. 53.—WONDERFUL THINGS DONE BY THEM; PRICES AT WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN SOLD

CHAP. 54. (38.)—DIFFERENT MODES OF FLIGHT AND PROGRESSION IN BIRDS

CHAP. 55. (39.)—THE BIRDS CALLED APODES, OR CYPSELI

CHAP. 56. (40.)—RESPECTING THE FOOD OF BIRDS—THE CAPRIMULGUS, THE PLATEA

CHAP. 57. (41.)—THE INSTINCTS OF BIRDS—THE CARDUELIS, THE TAURUS, THE ANTHUS

CHAP. 58.—BIRDS WHICH SPEAK—THE PARROT

CHAP. 59.—THE PIE WHICH FEEDS ON ACORNS

CHAP. 60. (48.)—A SEDITION THAT AROSE AMONG THE ROMAN PEOPLE, IN CONSEQUENCE OF A RAVEN SPEAKING

CHAP. 61. (44.)—THE BIRDS OF DIOMEDES

CHAP. 62. (45.)—ANIMALS THAT CAN LEARN NOTHING

CHAP. 63. (46.)—THE MODE OF DRINKING WITH BIRDS. THE PORPHYRIO

CHAP. 64. (47.)—THE HÆMATOPOUS

CHAP. 65.—THE FOOD OF BIRDS

CHAP. 66.—THE PELICAN

CHAP. 67.—FOREIGN BIRDS: THE PHALERIDES, THE PHEASANT, AND THE NUMIDICÆ

CHAP. 68.—THE PHŒNICOPTERUS, THE ATTAGEN, THE PHALACROCORAX, THE PYRRHOCORAX, AND THE LAGOPUS

CHAP. 69. (49.)—THE NEW BIRDS. THE VIPIO

CHAP. 70.—FABULOUS BIRDS

CHAP. 71. (50.)—WHO FIRST INVENTED THE ART OF CRAMMING POULTRY: WHY THE FIRST CENSORS FORBADE THIS PRACTICE

CHAP. 72.—WHO FIRST INVENTED AVIARIES. THE DISH OF ÆSOPUS

CHAP. 73. (52.)—THE GENERATION OF BIRDS: OTHER OVIPAROUS ANIMALS

CHAP. 74.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF EGGS, AND THEIR NATURE

CHAP. 75. (54.)—DEFECTS IN BROOD-HENS, AND THEIR REMEDIES

CHAP. 76. (55.)—AN AUGURY DERIVED FROM EGGS BY AN EMPRESS

CHAP. 77. (56.)—THE BEST KINDS OF FOWLS

CHAP. 78. (57.)—THE DISEASES OF FOWLS, AND THEIR REMEDIES

CHAP. 79. (58.)—WHEN BIRDS LAY, AND HOW MANY EGGS. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF HERONS

CHAP. 80.—WHAT EGGS ARE CALLED HYPENEMIA, AND WHAT CYNOSURA. HOW EGGS ARE BEST KEPT

CHAP. 81. (61.)—THE ONLY WINGED ANIMAL THAT IS VIVIPAROUS, AND NURTURES ITS YOUNG WITH ITS MILK

CHAP. 82. (62.)—TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS THAT ARE OVIPAROUS.—VARIOUS KINDS OF SERPENTS

CHAP. 83. (63.)—GENERATION OF ALL KINDS OF TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS

CHAP. 84. (64.)—THE POSITION OF ANIMALS IN THE UTERUS

CHAP. 85.—ANIMALS WHOSE ORIGIN IS STILL UNKNOWN

CHAP. 86. (66.)—SALAMANDERS

CHAP. 87. (68.)—ANIMALS WHICH ARE BORN OF BEINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN BORN THEMSELVES—ANIMALS WHICH ARE BORN THEMSELVES BUT ARE NOT REPRODUCTIVE—ANIMALS WHICH ARE OF NEITHER SEX

CHAP. 88. (69.)—THE SENSES OF ANIMALS—THAT ALL HAVE THE SENSES OF TOUCH AND TASTE—THOSE WHICH ARE MORE REMARKABLE FOR THEIR SIGHT, SMELL, OR HEARING—MOLES—WHETHER OYSTERS HAVE THE SENSE OF HEARING

CHAP. 89. (70.)—WHICH FISHES HAVE THE BEST HEARING

CHAP. 90.—WHICH FISHES HAVE THE FINEST SENSE OF SMELL

CHAP. 91.—DIVERSITIES IN THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 92. (72.)—ANIMALS WHICH LIVE ON POISONS

CHAP. 93.—ANIMALS WHICH LIVE ON EARTH—ANIMALS WHICH WILL NOT DIE OF HUNGER OR THIRST

CHAP. 94.—DIVERSITIES IN THE DRINKING OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 95. (74.)—ANTIPATHIES OF ANIMALS. PROOFS THAT THEY ARE SENSIBLE OF FRIENDSHIP AND OTHER AFFECTIONS

CHAP. 96.—INSTANCES OF AFFECTION SHOWN BY SERPENTS

CHAP. 97. (75.)—THE SLEEP OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 98.—WHAT ANIMALS ARE SUBJECT TO DREAMS

ERRATA IN VOL. I

Volume III

GREEK AND ROMAN MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES MENTIONED BY PLINY

BOOK XI

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE EXTREME SMALLNESS OF INSECTS

CHAP. 2. (3.)—WHETHER INSECTS RESPIRE, AND WHETHER THEY HAVE BLOOD

CHAP. 3. (4.)—THE BODIES OF INSECTS

CHAP. 4. (5.)—BEES

CHAP. 5. (6.)—THE ORDER DISPLAYED IN THE WORKS OF BEES

CHAP. 6. (5.)—THE MEANING OF THE TERMS COMMOSIS, PISSOCEROS, AND PROPOLIS

CHAP. 7.—THE MEANING OF ERITHACE, SANDARACA, OR CERINTHOS

CHAP. 8. (8.)—WHAT FLOWERS ARE USED BY THE BEES IN THEIR WORK

CHAP. 9. (9.)—PERSONS WHO HAVE MADE BEES THEIR STUDY

CHAP. 10. (10.)—THE MODE IN WHICH BEES WORK

CHAP. 11.—DRONES

CHAP. 12.—THE QUALITIES OF HONEY

CHAP. 13. (13.)—WHERE THE BEST HONEY IS PRODUCED

CHAP. 14. (14.)—THE KINDS OF HONEY PECULIAR TO VARIOUS PLACES

CHAP. 15. (15.)—HOW HONEY IS TESTED. ERICÆUM. TETRALIX, OR SISIRUM

CHAP. 16.—THE REPRODUCTION OF BEES

CHAP. 17. (17.)—THE MODE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE BEES

CHAP. 18.—HAPPY OMENS SOMETIMES AFFORDED BY A SWARM OF BEES

CHAP. 19. (18.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF BEES

CHAP. 20.—THE DISEASES OF BEES

CHAP. 21.—THINGS THAT ARE NOXIOUS TO BEES

CHAP. 22. (20.)—HOW TO KEEP BEES TO THE HIVE

CHAP. 23.—METHODS OF RENEWING THE SWARM

CHAP. 24. (21.)—WASPS AND HORNETS: ANIMALS WHICH APPROPRIATE WHAT BELONGS TO OTHERS

CHAP. 25. (22.)—THE BOMBYX OF ASSYRIA

CHAP. 26.—THE LARVÆ OF THE SILK-WORM—WHO FIRST INVENTED SILK CLOTHS

CHAP. 27. (23.)—THE SILK-WORM OF COS—HOW THE COAN VESTMENTS ARE MADE

CHAP. 28. (24.)—SPIDERS; THE KINDS THAT MAKE WEBS; THE MATERIALS USED BY THEM IN SO DOING

CHAP. 29.—THE GENERATION OF SPIDERS

CHAP. 30. (25.)—SCORPIONS

CHAP. 31. (26.)—THE STELLIO

CHAP. 32.—THE GRASSHOPPER: THAT IT HAS NEITHER MOUTH NOR OUTLET FOR FOOD

CHAP. 33. (28.)—THE WINGS OF INSECTS.111

CHAP. 34.—THE BEETLE. THE GLOW-WORM. OTHER KINDS OF BEETLES

CHAP. 35.—LOCUSTS

CHAP. 36. (30.)—ANTS

CHAP. 37. (32.)—THE CHRYSALIS

CHAP. 38. (33.)—ANIMALS WHICH BREED IN WOOD

CHAP. 39.—INSECTS THAT ARE PARASITES OF MAN. WHICH IS THE SMALLEST OF ANIMALS? ANIMALS FOUND IN WAX EVEN

CHAP. 40. (34.)—AN ANIMAL WHICH HAS NO PASSAGE FOR THE EVACUATIONS

CHAP. 41. (35.)—MOTHS, CANTHARIDES, GNATS—AN INSECT THAT BREEDS IN THE SNOW

CHAP. 42. (36.)—AN ANIMAL FOUND IN FIRE—THE PYRALLIS OR PYRAUSTA

CHAP. 43.—THE ANIMAL CALLED HEMEROBION

CHAP. 44. (37.)—THE NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ALL ANIMALS CONSIDERED LIMB BY LIMB. THOSE WHICH HAVE TUFTS AND CRESTS

CHAP. 45.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF HORNS. ANIMALS IN WHICH THEY ARE MOVEABLE

CHAP. 46.—THE HEADS OF ANIMALS. THOSE WHICH HAVE NONE

CHAP. 47.—THE HAIR

CHAP. 48.—THE BONES OF THE HEAD

CHAP. 49.—THE BRAIN

CHAP. 50.—THE EARS. ANIMALS WHICH HEAR WITHOUT EARS OR APERTURES

CHAP. 51.—THE FACE, THE FOREHEAD, AND THE EYE-BROWS

CHAP. 52.—THE EYES—ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO EYES, OR HAVE ONLY ONE EYE

CHAP. 53.—THE DIVERSITY OF THE COLOUR OF THE EYES

CHAP. 54.—THE THEORY OF SIGHT—PERSONS WHO CAN SEE BY NIGHT

CHAP. 55.—THE NATURE OF THE PUPIL—EYES WHICH DO NOT SHUT

CHAP. 56.—THE HAIR OF THE EYE-LIDS; WHAT ANIMALS ARE WITHOUT THEM. ANIMALS WHICH CAN SEE ON ONE SIDE ONLY

CHAP. 57.—ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO EYELIDS

CHAP. 58.—THE CHEEKS

CHAP. 59.—THE NOSTRILS

CHAP. 60.—THE MOUTH; THE LIPS; THE CHIN; AND THE JAW-BONE

CHAP. 61.—THE TEETH; THE VARIOUS KINDS OF TEETH; IN WHAT ANIMALS THEY ARE NOT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUTH: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE HOLLOW TEETH

CHAP. 62.—THE TEETH OF SERPENTS; THEIR POISON. A BIRD WHICH HAS TEETH

CHAP. 63.—WONDERFUL CIRCUMSTANCES CONNECTED WITH THE TEETH

CHAP. 64.—HOW AN ESTIMATE IS FORMED OF THE AGE OF ANIMALS FROM THEIR TEETH

CHAP. 65.—THE TONGUE; ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO TONGUE. THE NOISE MADE BY FROGS. THE PALATE

CHAP. 66.—THE TONSILS; THE UVA; THE EPIGLOSSIS; THE ARTERY; THE GULLET

CHAP. 67.—THE NECK; THE THROAT; THE DORSAL SPINE

CHAP. 68.—THE THROAT; THE GULLET; THE STOMACH

CHAP. 69.—THE HEART; THE BLOOD; THE VITAL SPIRIT

CHAP. 70.—THOSE ANIMALS WHICH HAVE THE LARGEST HEART, AND THOSE WHICH HAVE THE SMALLEST. WHAT ANIMALS HAVE TWO HEARTS

CHAP. 71.—WHEN THE CUSTOM WAS FIRST ADOPTED OF EXAMINING THE HEART IN THE INSPECTION OF THE ENTRAILS

CHAP. 72.—THE LUNGS: IN WHAT ANIMALS THEY ARE THE LARGEST, AND IN WHAT THE SMALLEST. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NOTHING BUT LUNGS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE BODY. CAUSES WHICH PRODUCE EXTRAORDINARY SWIFTNESS IN ANIMALS

CHAP. 73.—THE LIVER: IN WHAT ANIMALS, AND IN WHAT PART THERE ARE TWO LIVERS FOUND

CHAP. 74.—THE GALL; WHERE SITUATE, AND IN WHAT ANIMALS IT IS DOUBLE. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO GALL, AND OTHERS IN WHICH IT IS NOT SITUATE IN THE LIVER

CHAP. 75.—THE PROPERTIES OF THE GALL

CHAP. 76.—IN WHAT ANIMALS THE LIVER INCREASES AND DECREASES WITH THE MOON. OBSERVATIONS OF THE ARUSPICES RELATIVE THERETO, AND REMARKABLE PRODIGIES

CHAP. 77.—THE DIAPHRAGM. THE NATURE OF LAUGHTER

CHAP. 78.—THE BELLY: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO BELLY. WHICH ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT VOMIT

CHAP. 79.—THE SMALL GUTS, THE FRONT INTESTINES, THE ANUS, THE COLON. THE CAUSES OF THE INSATIATE VORACITY OF CERTAIN ANIMALS

CHAP. 80.—THE OMENTUM: THE SPLEEN; ANIMALS WHICH ARE WITHOUT IT

CHAP. 81.—THE KIDNEYS: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE FOUR KIDNEYS. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NONE

CHAP. 82.—THE BREAST: THE RIBS

CHAP. 83.—THE BLADDER: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO BLADDER

CHAP. 84.—THE WOMB: THE WOMB OF THE SOW: THE TEATS

CHAP. 85.—ANIMALS WHICH HAVE SUET: ANIMALS WHICH DO NOT GROW FAT

CHAP. 86.—THE MARROW: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO MARROW

CHAP. 87.—BONES AND FISH-BONES: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NEITHER. CARTILAGES

CHAP. 88.—THE NERVE: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NONE

CHAP. 89.—THE ARTERIES; THE VEINS: ANIMALS WITHOUT ARTERIES OR VEINS. THE BLOOD AND THE SWEAT

CHAP. 90. (38.)—ANIMALS, THE BLOOD OF WHICH COAGULATES WITH THE GREATEST RAPIDITY: OTHER ANIMALS, THE BLOOD OF WHICH DOES NOT COAGULATE. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE THE THICKEST BLOOD: THOSE THE BLOOD OF WHICH IS THE THINNEST: ANIMALS WHICH HAVE NO BLOOD

CHAP. 91.—ANIMALS WHICH ARE WITHOUT BLOOD AT CERTAIN PERIODS OF THE YEAR

CHAP. 92. (39.)—WHETHER THE BLOOD IS THE PRINCIPLE OF LIFE

CHAP. 93.—THE HIDE OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 94.—THE HAIR AND THE COVERING OF THE SKIN

CHAP. 95.—THE PAPS: BIRDS THAT HAVE PAPS. REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE DUGS OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 96. (41.)—THE MILK: THE BIESTINGS. CHEESE; OF WHAT MILK CHEESE CANNOT BE MADE. RENNET; THE VARIOUS KINDS OF ALIMENT IN MILK

CHAP. 97. (42.)—VARIOUS KINDS OF CHEESE

CHAP. 98. (43.)—DIFFERENCES OF THE MEMBERS OF MAN FROM THOSE OF OTHER ANIMALS

CHAP. 99.—THE FINGERS, THE ARMS

CHAP. 100. (44.)—RESEMBLANCE OF THE APE TO MAN

CHAP. 101. (45.)—THE NAILS

CHAP. 102.—THE KNEES AND THE HAMS

CHAP. 103.—PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY TO WHICH CERTAIN RELIGIOUS IDEAS ARE ATTACHED

CHAP. 104.—VARICOSE VEINS

CHAP. 105.—THE GAIT, THE FEET, THE LEGS

CHAP. 106. (46.)—HOOFS

CHAP. 107. (47.)—THE FEET OF BIRDS

CHAP. 108. (48.)—THE FEET OF ANIMALS, FROM THOSE HAVING TWO FEET TO THOSE WITH A HUNDRED.—DWARFS

CHAP. 109.—THE SEXUAL PARTS.—HERMAPHRODITES

CHAP. 110.—THE TESTES—THE THREE CLASSES OF EUNUCHS

CHAP. 111. (50.)—THE TAILS OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 112. (51.)—THE DIFFERENT VOICES OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 113. (52.)—SUPERFLUOUS LIMBS

CHAP. 114.—SIGNS OF VITALITY AND OF THE MORAL DISPOSITION OF MAN, FROM THE LIMBS

CHAP. 115. (53.)—RESPIRATION AND NUTRIMENT

CHAP. 116.—ANIMALS WHICH WHEN FED UPON POISON DO NOT DIE, AND THE FLESH OF WHICH IS POISONOUS

CHAP. 117.—REASONS FOR INDIGESTION. REMEDIES FOR CRUDITY

CHAP. 118.—FROM WHAT CAUSES CORPULENCE ARISES; HOW IT MAY BE REDUCED

CHAP. 119.—WHAT THINGS, BY MERELY TASTING OF THEM, ALLAY HUNGER AND THIRST

BOOK XII

CHAP. 1.—THE HONOURABLE PLACE OCCUPIED BY TREES IN THE SYSTEM OF NATURE

CHAP. 2. (1.)—THE EARLY HISTORY OF TREES

CHAP. 3.—EXOTIC TREES. WHEN THE PLANE-TREE FIRST APPEARED IN ITALY, AND WHENCE IT CAME

CHAP. 4.—THE NATURE OF THE PLANE-TREE

CHAP. 5.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE PLANE-TREE

CHAP. 6. (2.)—THE CHAMÆPLATANUS. WHO WAS THE FIRST TO CLIP GREEN SHRUBS

CHAP. 7. (3.)—HOW THE CITRON IS PLANTED

CHAP. 8. (4.)—THE TREES OF INDIA

CHAP. 9.—WHEN EBONY WAS FIRST SEEN AT ROME. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF EBONY

CHAP. 10. (5.)—THE INDIAN THORN

CHAP. 11.—THE INDIAN FIG

CHAP. 12. (6.)—THE PALA: THE FRUIT CALLED ARIENA

CHAP. 13.—INDIAN TREES, THE NAMES OF WHICH ARE UNKNOWN. INDIAN TREES WHICH BEAR FLAX

CHAP. 14. (7.)—THE PEPPER-TREE.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PEPPER—BREGMA—ZINGIBERI, OR ZIMPIBERI

CHAP. 15.—CARYOPHYLLON, LYCION, AND THE CHIRONIAN PYXACANTHUS

CHAP. 16. (8.)—MACIR

CHAP. 17.—SUGAR

CHAP. 18.—TREES OF ARIANA, GEDROSIA, AND HYRCANIA

CHAP. 19. (9.)—TREES OF BACTRIANA, BDELLIUM, OR BROCHON, OTHERWISE MALACHA, OR MALDACON, SCORDASTUM. ADULTERATIONS USED IN ALL SPICES AND AROMATICS; THE VARIOUS TESTS OF THEM AND THEIR RESPECTIVE VALUES

CHAP. 20.—TREES OF PERSIS

CHAP. 21. (10.)—TREES OF THE ISLANDS OF THE PERSIAN SEA. THE COTTON TREE

CHAP. 22.—THE TREE CALLED CYNA. TREES FROM WHICH FABRICS FOR CLOTHING ARE MADE IN THE EAST

CHAP. 23.—A COUNTRY WHERE THE TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES

CHAP. 24.—THE VARIOUS USEFUL PRODUCTS OF TREES

CHAP. 25. (12.)—COSTUS

CHAP. 26.—NARD. THE TWELVE VARIETIES OF THE PLANT

CHAP. 27. (13.)—ASARUM, OR FOAL-FOOT

CHAP. 28.—AMOMUM.—AMOMIS

CHAP. 29.—CARDAMOMUM

CHAP. 30.—THE COUNTRY OF FRANKINCENSE

CHAP. 31.—THE TREES THAT BEAR FRANKINCENSE

CHAP. 32.—VARIOUS KINDS OF FRANKINCENSE

CHAP. 33. (15.)—MYRRH

CHAP. 34.—THE TREES WHICH PRODUCE MYRRH

CHAP. 35.—THE NATURE AND VARIOUS KINDS OF MYRRH

CHAP. 36. (17.)—MASTICH

CHAP. 37.—LADANUM AND STOBOLON

CHAP. 38.—ENHÆMON

CHAP. 39.—THE TREE CALLED BRATUS

CHAP. 40.—THE TREE CALLED STOBRUM

CHAP. 41. (18.)—WHY ARABIA WAS CALLED “HAPPY.”

CHAP. 42. (19.)—CINNAMOMUM.552 XYLOCINNAMUM

CHAP. 43.—CASSIA

CHAP. 44.—CANCAMUM AND TARUM

CHAP. 45. (21.)—SERICHATUM AND GABALIUM

CHAP. 46.—MYROBALANUM

CHAP. 47. (22.)—PHŒNICOBALANUS

CHAP. 48.—THE SWEET-SCENTED CALAMUS;575 THE SWEET-SCENTED RUSH

CHAP. 49.—HAMMONIACUM

CHAP. 50.—SPHAGNOS

CHAP. 51.—CYPROS

CHAP. 52.—ASPALATHOS, OR ERYSISCEPTRUM

CHAP. 53.—MARON

CHAP. 54. (25.)—BALSAMUM; OPOBALSAMUM; AND XYLOBALSAMUM

CHAP. 55.—STORAX

CHAP. 56.—GALBANUM

CHAP. 57. (26.)—PANAX

CHAP. 58.—SPONDYLIUM

CHAP. 59.—MALOBATHRUM

CHAP. 60. (27.)—OMPHACIUM

CHAP. 61. (28.)—BRYON, ŒNANTHE, AND MASSARIS

CHAP. 62.—ELATE OR SPATHE

CHAP. 63.—CINNAMON OR COMACUM

BOOK XIII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—UNGUENTS—AT WHAT PERIOD THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED

CHAP. 2.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF UNGUENTS—TWELVE PRINCIPAL COMPOSITIONS

CHAP. 3.—DIAPASMA, MAGMA; THE MODE OF TESTING UNGUENTS

CHAP. 4. (3.)—THE EXCESSES TO WHICH LUXURY HAS RUN IN UNGUENTS

CHAP. 5.—WHEN UNGUENTS WERE FIRST USED BY THE ROMANS

CHAP. 6.—THE PALM-TREE

CHAP. 7.—THE NATURE OF THE PALM-TREE

CHAP. 8.—HOW THE PALM-TREE IS PLANTED

CHAP. 9.—THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF PALM-TREES, AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS

CHAP. 10. (5.)—THE TREES OF SYRIA: THE PISTACIA, THE COTTANA, THE DAMASCENA, AND THE MYXA

CHAP. 11.—THE CEDAR. TREES WHICH HAVE ON THEM THE FRUIT OF THREE YEARS AT ONCE

CHAP. 12. (6.)—THE TEREBINTH.831

CHAP. 13.—THE SUMACH-TREE

CHAP. 14. (7.)—THE TREES OF EGYPT. THE FIG-TREE OF ALEXANDRIA

CHAP. 15.—THE FIG-TREE OF CYPRUS

CHAP. 16. (8.)—THE CAROB-TREE

CHAP. 17. (9.)—THE PERSIAN TREE. IN WHAT TREES THE FRUITS GERMINATE THE ONE BELOW THE OTHER

CHAP. 18.—THE CUCUS

CHAP. 19.—THE EGYPTIAN THORN

CHAP. 20. (11.)—NINE KINDS OF GUM. THE SARCOCOLLA

CHAP. 21.—THE PAPYRUS: THE USE OF PAPER; WHEN IT WAS FIRST INVENTED

CHAP. 22.—THE MODE OF MAKING PAPER

CHAP. 23. (12)—THE NINE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAPER

CHAP. 24.—THE MODE OF TESTING THE GOODNESS OF PAPER

CHAP. 25.—THE PECULIAR DEFECTS IN PAPER

CHAP. 26.—THE PASTE USED IN THE PREPARATION OF PAPER

CHAP. 27. (13.)—THE BOOKS OF NUMA

CHAP. 28. (14.)—THE TREES OF ÆTHIOPIA

CHAP. 29. (15.)—THE TREES OF MOUNT ATLAS. THE CITRUS, AND THE TABLES MADE OF THE WOOD THEREOF

CHAP. 30.—THE POINTS THAT ARE DESIRABLE OR OTHERWISE IN THESE TABLES

CHAP. 31.—THE CITRON-TREE

CHAP. 32. (17.)—THE LOTUS

CHAP. 33. (19.)—THE TREES OF CYRENAICA. THE PALIURUS

CHAP. 34.—NINE VARIETIES OF THE PUNIC APPLE. BALAUSTIUM

CHAP. 35. (20.)—THE TREES OF ASIA AND GREECE; THE EPIPACTIS, THE ERICA, THE CNIDIAN GRAIN OR THYMELÆA, PYROSACHNE, CNESTRON, OR CNEORON

CHAP. 36.—THE TRAGION: TRAGACANTHE

CHAP. 37.—THE TRAGOS OR SCORPIO; THE MYRICA OR BRYA; THE OSTRYS

CHAP. 38. (22.)—THE EUONYMOS

CHAP. 39.—THE TREE CALLED EON

CHAP. 40.—THE ANDRACHLE.977

CHAP. 41.—THE COCCYGIA; THE APHARCE

CHAP. 42.—THE FERULA

CHAP. 43.—THE THAPSIA

CHAP. 44. (23.)—THE CAPPARIS OR CYNOSBATON, OTHERWISE OPHIOSTAPHYLE

CHAP. 45.—THE SARIPHA

CHAP. 46. (24.)—THE ROYAL THORN

CHAP. 47.—THE CYTISUS

CHAP. 48. (25.)—THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE PHYCOS, PRASON, OR ZOSTER

CHAP. 49.—THE SEA BRYON

CHAP. 50.—PLANTS OF THE RED SEA

CHAP. 51.—PLANTS OF THE INDIAN SEA

CHAP. 52.—THE PLANTS OF THE TROGLODYTIC SEA; THE HAIR OF ISIS: THE CHARITO-BLEPHARON

BOOK XIV

CHAPS. 1 & 2. (1.)—THE NATURE OF THE VINE. ITS MODE OF FRUCTIFICATION

CHAP. 3.—THE NATURE OF THE GRAPE, AND THE CULTIVATION OF THE VINE

CHAP. 4. (2.)—NINETY-ONE VARIETIES OF THE VINE

CHAP. 5. (4.)—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE CULTURE OF THE VINE

CHAP. 6.—THE MOST ANCIENT WINES

CHAP. 7. (5.)—THE NATURE OF WINES

CHAP. 8. (6.)—FIFTY KINDS OF GENEROUS WINES

CHAP. 9. (7.)—THIRTY-EIGHT VARIETIES OF FOREIGN WINES

CHAP. 10. (8.)—SEVEN KINDS OF SALTED WINES

CHAP. 11. (9.)—EIGHTEEN VARIETIES OF SWEET WINE. RAISIN-WINE AND HEPSEMA

CHAP. 12. (10.)—THREE VARIETIES OF SECOND-RATE WINE

CHAP. 13. (11.)—AT WHAT PERIOD GENEROUS WINES WERE FIRST COMMONLY MADE IN ITALY

CHAP. 14. (12.)—THE INSPECTION OF WINE ORDERED BY KING ROMULUS

CHAP. 15.—WINES DRUNK BY THE ANCIENT ROMANS

CHAP. 16. (14.)—SOME REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH WINE-LOFTS. THE OPIMIAN WINE

CHAP. 17.—AT WHAT PERIOD FOUR KINDS OF WINE WERE FIRST SERVED AT TABLE

CHAP. 18. (16.)—THE USES OF THE WILD VINE. WHAT JUICES ARE NATURALLY THE COLDEST OF ALL

CHAP. 19.—SIXTY-SIX VARIETIES OF ARTIFICIAL WINE

CHAP. 20. (17.)—HYDROMELI, OR MELICRATON

CHAP. 21.—OXYMELI

CHAP. 22. (18.)—TWELVE KINDS OF WINE WITH MIRACULOUS PROPERTIES

CHAP. 23. (19.)—WHAT WINES IT IS NOT LAWFUL TO USE IN THE SACRED RITES

CHAP. 24.—HOW MUST IS USUALLY PREPARED

CHAP. 25. (20.)—PITCH AND RESIN

CHAP. 26.—VINEGAR—LEES OF WINE

CHAP. 27. (21.)—WINE-VESSELS—WINE-CELLARS

CHAP. 28. (22.)—DRUNKENNESS

CHAP. 29.—LIQUORS WITH THE STRENGTH OF WINE MADE FROM WATER AND CORN

BOOK XV

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE OLIVE.—HOW LONG IT EXISTED ONLY IN GREECE. AT WHAT PERIOD IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED INTO ITALY, SPAIN, AND AFRICA

CHAP. 2.—THE NATURE OF THE OLIVE, AND OF NEW OLIVE OIL

CHAP. 3. (2.)—OLIVE OIL: THE COUNTRIES IN WHICH IT IS PRODUCED, AND ITS VARIOUS QUALITIES

CHAP. 4.—FIFTEEN VARIETIES OF OLIVES

CHAP. 5. (4.)—THE NATURE OF OLIVE OIL

CHAP. 6. (5.)—THE CULTURE OF THE OLIVE: ITS MODE OF PRESERVATION. THE METHOD OF MAKING OLIVE OIL

CHAP. 7. (7.)—FORTY-EIGHT VARIETIES OF ARTIFICIAL OILS. THE CICUS-TREE OR CROTON, OR SILI, OR SESAMUM

CHAP. 8. (8.)—AMURCA

CHAP. 9. (9.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF FRUIT-TREES AND THEIR NATURES. FOUR VARIETIES OF PINE-NUTS

CHAP. 10. (11.)—THE QUINCE. FOUR KINDS OF CYDONIA, AND FOUR VARIETIES OF THE STRUTHEA

CHAP. 11.—SIX VARIETIES OF THE PEACH

CHAP. 12. (13).—TWELVE KINDS OF PLUMS

CHAP. 13.—THE PEACH

CHAP. 14. (14.)—THIRTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF POMES. AT WHAT PERIOD FOREIGN FRUITS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED INTO ITALY, AND WHENCE

CHAP. 15.—THE FRUITS THAT HAVE BEEN MOST RECENTLY INTRODUCED

CHAP. 16. (15.)—FORTY-ONE VARIETIES OF THE PEAR

CHAP. 17.—VARIOUS METHODS OF GRAFTING TREES. EXPIATIONS FOR LIGHTNING

CHAP. 18. (16.)—THE MODE OF KEEPING VARIOUS FRUITS AND GRAPES

CHAP. 19. (18.)—TWENTY-NINE VARIETIES OF THE FIG

CHAP. 20.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE FIG

CHAP. 21.—CAPRIFICATION

CHAP. 22. (20.)—THREE VARIETIES OF THE MEDLAR

CHAP. 23. (21).—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE SORB

CHAP. 24. (22.)—NINE VARIETIES OF THE NUT

CHAP. 25. (23.)—EIGHTEEN VARIETIES OF THE CHESNUT

CHAP. 26. (24.)—THE CAROB

CHAP. 27.—THE FLESHY FRUITS. THE MULBERRY

CHAP. 28.—THE FRUIT OF THE ARBUTUS

CHAP. 29.—THE RELATIVE NATURES OF BERRY FRUITS

CHAP. 30. (25.)—NINE VARIETIES OF THE CHERRY

CHAP. 31. (26.)—THE CORNEL. THE LENTISK

CHAP. 32. (27.)—THIRTEEN DIFFERENT FLAVOURS OF JUICES

CHAP. 33. (28.)—THE COLOUR AND SMELL OF JUICES

CHAP. 34.—THE VARIOUS NATURES OF FRUIT

CHAP. 35. (29).—THE MYRTLE

CHAP. 36.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES RELATIVE TO THE MYRTLE

CHAP. 37.—ELEVEN VARIETIES OF THE MYRTLE

CHAP. 38.—THE MYRTLE USED AT ROME IN OVATIONS

CHAP. 39. (30.)—THE LAUREL; THIRTEEN VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 40.—HISTORICAL ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH THE LAUREL

BOOK XVI

CHAP. 1.—COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NO TREES

CHAP. 2.—WONDERS CONNECTED WITH TREES IN THE NORTHERN REGIONS

CHAP. 3. (4.)—THE ACORN OAK. THE CIVIC CROWN

CHAP. 4.—THE ORIGIN OF THE PRESENTATION OF CROWNS

CHAP. 5.—PERSONS PRESENTED WITH A CROWN OF LEAVES

CHAP. 6. (5.)—THIRTEEN VARIETIES OF THE ACORN

CHAP. 7. (6.)—THE BEECH

CHAP. 8.—THE OTHER ACORNS—WOOD FOR FUEL

CHAP. 9.—THE GALL-NUT

CHAP. 10.—OTHER PRODUCTIONS ON THESE TREES BESIDES THE ACORN

CHAP. 11. (8.)—CACHRYS

CHAP. 12.—THE KERMES BERRY

CHAP. 13.—AGARIC

CHAP. 14. (9.)—TREES OF WHICH THE BARK IS USED

CHAP. 15. (10.)—SHINGLES

CHAP. 16.—THE PINE

CHAP. 17.—THE PINASTER

CHAP. 18.—THE PITCH-TREE: THE FIR

CHAP. 19.—THE LARCH: THE TORCH-TREE

CHAP. 20.—THE YEW

CHAP. 21. (11.)—METHODS OF MAKING TAR—HOW CEDRIUM IS MADE

CHAP. 22.—METHODS BY WHICH THICK PITCH IS PREPARED

CHAP. 23. (12.)—HOW THE RESIN CALLED ZOPISSA IS PREPARED

CHAP. 24. (13.)—TREES THE WOOD OF WHICH IS HIGHLY VALUED. FOUR VARIETIES OF THE ASH

CHAP. 25. (14.)—TWO VARIETIES OF THE LINDEN-TREE

CHAP. 26. (15.)—TEN VARIETIES OF THE MAPLE

CHAP. 27. (16.)—BRUSCUM: MOLLUSCUM; THE STAPHYLODENDRON

CHAP. 28.—THREE VARIETIES OF THE BOX-TREE

CHAP. 29. (17.)—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE ELM

CHAP. 30. (18.)—THE NATURES OF THE VARIOUS TREES ACCORDING TO THEIR LOCALITIES: THE MOUNTAIN TREES, AND THE TREES OF THE PLAIN

CHAP. 31.—TREES WHICH GROW ON A DRY SOIL: THOSE WHICH ARE FOUND IN WET LOCALITIES: THOSE WHICH ARE FOUND IN BOTH INDIFFERENTLY

CHAP. 32. (19.)—DIVISION OF TREES INTO VARIOUS SPECIES

CHAP. 33. (20.)—TREES WHICH DO NOT LOSE THEIR FOLIAGE. THE RHODODENDRON. TREES WHICH DO NOT LOSE THE WHOLE OF THEIR FOLIAGE. PLACES IN WHICH THERE ARE NO TREES

CHAP. 34. (22.)—THE NATURE OF THE LEAVES WHICH WITHER AND FALL

CHAP. 35.—TREES WHICH HAVE LEAVES OF VARIOUS COLOURS; TREES WITH LEAVES OF VARIOUS SHAPES. THREE VARIETIES OF THE POPLAR

CHAP. 36.—LEAVES WHICH TURN ROUND EVERY YEAR

CHAP. 37.—THE CARE BESTOWED ON THE LEAVES OF THE PALM, AND THE USES TO WHICH THEY ARE APPLIED

CHAP. 38.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH LEAVES

CHAP. 39. (25.)—THE NATURAL ORDER OF THE PRODUCTION OF PLANTS

CHAP. 40.—TREES WHICH NEVER BLOSSOM. THE JUNIPER

CHAP. 41.—THE FECUNDATION OF TREES. GERMINATION: THE APPEARANCE OF THE FRUIT

CHAP. 42.—IN WHAT ORDER THE TREES BLOSSOM

CHAP. 43. (26.)—AT WHAT PERIOD EACH TREE BEARS FRUIT. THE CORNEL

CHAP. 44.—TREES WHICH BEAR THE WHOLE YEAR. TREES WHICH HAVE ON THEM THE FRUIT OF THREE YEARS

CHAP. 45.—TREES WHICH BEAR NO FRUIT: TREES LOOKED UPON AS ILL-OMENED

CHAP. 46.—TREES WHICH LOSE THEIR FRUIT OR FLOWERS MOST READILY

CHAP. 47.—TREES WHICH ARE UNPRODUCTIVE IN CERTAIN PLACES

CHAP. 48.—THE MODE IN WHICH TREES BEAR

CHAP. 49.—TREES IN WHICH THE FRUIT APPEARS BEFORE THE LEAVES

CHAP. 50. (27.)—TREES THAT BEAR TWO CROPS IN A YEAR. TREES THAT BEAR THREE CROPS

CHAP. 51.—WHICH TREES BECOME OLD WITH THE GREATEST RAPIDITY, AND WHICH MOST SLOWLY

CHAP. 52.—TREES WHICH BEAR VARIOUS PRODUCTS. CRATÆGUM

CHAP. 53.—DIFFERENCES IN TREES IN RESPECT OF THE TRUNKS AND BRANCHES

CHAP. 54.—THE BRANCHES OF TREES

CHAP. 55. (31.)—THE BARK OF TREES

CHAP. 56.—THE ROOTS OF TREES

CHAP. 57.—TREES WHICH HAVE GROWN SPONTANEOUSLY FROM THE GROUND

CHAP. 58.—HOW TREES GROW SPONTANEOUSLY—DIVERSITIES IN THEIR NATURE, THE SAME TREES NOT GROWING EVERYWHERE

CHAP. 59.—PLANTS THAT WILL NOT GROW IN CERTAIN PLACES

CHAP. 60. (33.)—THE CYPRESS

CHAP. 61.—THAT THE EARTH OFTEN BEARS PRODUCTIONS WHICH IT HAS NEVER BORNE BEFORE

CHAP. 62. (34.)—THE IVY.—TWENTY VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 63. (35.)—THE SMILAX

CHAP. 64. (36.)—WATER PLANTS: THE RUSH: TWENTY-EIGHT VARIETIES OF THE REED

CHAP. 65.—REEDS USED FOR ARROWS, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF WRITING

CHAP. 66.—FLUTE REEDS: THE REED OF ORCHOMENUS; REEDS USED FOR FOWLING AND FISHING

CHAP. 67.—THE VINE-DRESSERS’ REED

CHAP. 68.—- THE WILLOW: EIGHT VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 69.—TREES IN ADDITION TO THE WILLOW, WHICH ARE OF USE IN MAKING WITHES

CHAP. 70.—RUSHES: CANDLE-RUSHES: RUSHES FOR THATCHING

CHAP. 71.—THE ELDER: THE BRAMBLE

CHAP. 72. (38.)—THE JUICES OF TREES

CHAP. 73.—THE VEINS AND FIBRES OF TREES

CHAP. 74.—THE FELLING OF TREES

CHAP. 75.—THE OPINION OF CATO ON THE FELLING OF TIMBER

CHAP. 76.—THE SIZE OF TREES: THE NATURE OF WOOD: THE SAPPINUS

CHAP. 77.—METHODS OF OBTAINING FIRE FROM WOOD

CHAP. 78.—TREES WHICH ARE PROOF AGAINST DECAY: TREES WHICH NEVER SPLIT

CHAP. 79.—HISTORICAL FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE DURABILITY OF WOOD

CHAP. 80. (41.)—VARIETIES OF THE TEREDO

CHAP. 81. (42.)—THE WOODS USED IN BUILDING

CHAP. 82.—CARPENTERS’ WOODS

CHAP. 83. (43.)—WOODS UNITED WITH GLUE

CHAP. 84.—VENEERING

CHAP. 85. (44.)—THE AGE OF TREES. A TREE THAT WAS PLANTED BY THE FIRST SCIPIO AFRICANUS. A TREE AT ROME FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OLD

CHAP. 86.—TREES AS OLD AS THE CITY

CHAP. 87.—TREES IN THE SUBURBAN DISTRICTS OLDER THAN THE CITY

CHAP. 88.—TREES PLANTED BY AGAMEMNON THE FIRST YEAR OF THE TROJAN WAR: OTHER TREES WHICH DATE FROM THE TIME THAT THE PLACE WAS CALLED ILIUM, ANTERIOR TO THE TROJAN WAR

CHAP. 89.—TREES PLANTED AT ARGOS BY HERCULES: OTHERS PLANTED BY APOLLO. A TREE MORE ANCIENT THAN ATHENS ITSELF

CHAP. 90.—TREES WHICH ARE THE MOST SHORT-LIVED

CHAP. 91.—TREES THAT HAVE BEEN RENDERED FAMOUS BY REMARKABLE EVENTS

CHAP. 92.—PLANTS THAT HAVE NO PECULIAR SPOT FOR THEIR GROWTH: OTHERS THAT GROW UPON TREES, AND WILL NOT GROW IN THE GROUND. NINE VARIETIES OF THEM: CADYTAS, POLYPODION, PHAULIAS, HIPPOPHÆSTON

CHAP. 93.—THREE VARIETIES OF MISTLETOE. THE NATURE OF MISTLETOE AND SIMILAR PLANTS

CHAP. 94.—THE METHOD OF MAKING BIRDLIME

CHAP. 95.—HISTORICAL FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE MISTLETOE

BOOK XVII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—TREES WHICH HAVE BEEN SOLD AT ENORMOUS PRICES

CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE INFLUENCE OF WEATHER UPON THE TREES: WHAT IS THE PROPER SITUATION FOR THE VINE

CHAP. 3.—WHAT SOILS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED THE BEST

CHAP. 4. (6.)—THE EIGHT KINDS OF EARTH BOASTED OF BY THE GAULS AND GREEKS

CHAP. 5. (9.)—THE EMPLOYMENT OF ASHES

CHAP. 6.—MANURE

CHAP. 7.—CROPS WHICH TEND TO IMPROVE THE LAND: CROPS WHICH EXHAUST IT

CHAP. 8.—THE PROPER MODE OF USING MANURE

CHAP. 9. (10.)—THE MODES IN WHICH TREES BEAR

CHAP. 10.—PLANTS WHICH ARE PROPAGATED BY SEED

CHAP. 11.—TREES WHICH NEVER DEGENERATE

CHAP. 12.—PROPAGATION BY SUCKERS

CHAP. 13.—PROPAGATION BY SLIPS AND CUTTINGS

CHAP. 14.—SEED-PLOTS

CHAP. 15.—THE MODE OF PROPAGATING THE ELM

CHAP. 16.—THE HOLES FOR TRANSPLANTING

CHAP. 17. (12.)—THE INTERVALS TO BE LEFT BETWEEN TREES

CHAP. 18.—THE NATURE OF THE SHADOW THROWN BY TREES

CHAP. 19.—THE DROPPINGS OF WATER FROM THE LEAVES

CHAP. 20. (13.)—TREES WHICH GROW BUT SLOWLY: THOSE WHICH GROW WITH RAPIDITY

CHAP. 21.—TREES PROPAGATED FROM LAYERS

CHAP. 22. (14.)—GRAFTING: THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF IT

CHAP. 23.—INOCULATION OR BUDDING

CHAP. 24.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GRAFTING

CHAP. 25.—GRAFTING THE VINE

CHAP. 26. (16)—GRAFTING BY SCUTCHEONS.3029

CHAP. 27.—PLANTS WHICH GROW FROM A BRANCH

CHAP. 28.—TREES WHICH GROW FROM CUTTINGS; THE MODE OF PLANTING THEM

CHAP. 29. (18.)—THE CULTIVATION OF THE OLIVE

CHAP. 30.—TRANSPLANTING OPERATIONS AS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS SEASONS OF THE YEAR

CHAP. 31.—CLEANING AND BARING THE ROOTS, AND MOULDING THEM

CHAP. 32. (20.)—WILLOW-BEDS

CHAP. 33.—REED-BEDS

CHAP. 34.—OTHER PLANTS THAT ARE CUT FOR POLES AND STAKES

CHAP. 35. (21.)—THE CULTURE OF THE VINE AND THE VARIOUS SHRUBS WHICH SUPPORT IT

CHAP. 36.—HOW GRAPES ARE PROTECTED FROM THE RAVAGES OF INSECTS

CHAP. 37.—THE DISEASES OF TREES

CHAP. 38. (25.)—PRODIGIES CONNECTED WITH TREES

CHAP. 39. (26.)—TREATMENT OF THE DISEASES OF TREES

CHAP. 40.—METHODS OF IRRIGATION

CHAP. 41.—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH IRRIGATION

CHAP. 42. (27.)—INCISIONS MADE IN TREES

CHAP. 43.—OTHER REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF TREES

CHAP. 44.—CAPRIFICATION, AND PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE FIG

CHAP. 45.—ERRORS THAT MAY BE COMMITTED IN PRUNING

CHAP. 46.—THE PROPER MODE OF MANURING TREES

CHAP. 47.—MEDICAMENTS FOR TREES

Volume IV

BOOK XVIII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—TASTE OF THE ANCIENTS FOR AGRICULTURE

CHAP. 2. (2.)—WHEN THE FIRST WREATHS OF CORN WERE USED AT ROME

CHAP. 3. (3.)—THE JUGERUM OF LAND

CHAP. 4.—HOW OFTEN AND ON WHAT OCCASIONS CORN HAS SOLD AT A REMARKABLY LOW PRICE

CHAP. 5.—ILLUSTRIOUS MEN WHO HAVE WRITTEN UPON AGRICULTURE

CHAP. 6.—POINTS TO BE OBSERVED IN BUYING LAND

CHAP. 7. (6.)—THE PROPER ARRANGEMENTS FOR A FARM-HOUSE

CHAP. 8.—MAXIMS OF THE ANCIENTS ON AGRICULTURE

CHAP. 9. (7.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRAIN

CHAP. 10.—THE HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GRAIN

CHAP. 11.—SPELT

CHAP. 12.—WHEAT

CHAP. 13.—BARLEY: RICE

CHAP. 14.—POLENTA

CHAP. 15.—PTISAN

CHAP. 16.—TRAGUM

CHAP. 17.—AMYLUM

CHAP. 18.—THE NATURE OF BARLEY

CHAP. 19. (8.)—ARINCA, AND OTHER KINDS OF GRAIN THAT ARE GROWN IN THE EAST

CHAP. 20.—WINTER WHEAT. SIMILAGO, OR FINE FLOUR

CHAP. 21.—THE FRUITFULNESS OF AFRICA IN WHEAT

CHAP. 22.—SESAME. ERYSIMUM, OR IRIO. HORMINUM

CHAP. 23.—THE MODE OF GRINDING CORN

CHAP. 24.—MILLET

CHAP. 25.—PANIC

CHAP. 26. (11)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LEAVEN

CHAP. 27.—THE METHOD OF MAKING BREAD: ORIGIN OF THE ART

CHAP. 28.—WHEN BAKERS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED AT ROME

CHAP. 29.—ALICA

CHAP. 30. (12.)—THE LEGUMINOUS PLANTS: THE BEAN

CHAP. 31.—LENTILS. PEASE

CHAP. 32.—THE SEVERAL KINDS OF CHICK-PEASE

CHAP. 33.—THE KIDNEY-BEAN

CHAP. 34. (13.)—THE RAPE

CHAP. 35.—THE TURNIP

CHAP. 36. (14.)—THE LUPINE

CHAP. 37. (15.)—THE VETCH

CHAP. 38.—THE FITCH

CHAP. 39. (16.)—SILICIA

CHAP. 40.—SECALE OR ASIA

CHAP. 41.—FARRAGO: THE CRACCA

CHAP. 42.—OCINUM: ERVILIA

CHAP. 43.—LUCERNE

CHAP. 44. (17.)—THE DISEASES OF GRAIN: THE OAT

CHAP. 45.—THE BEST REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF GRAIN

CHAP. 46.—THE CROPS THAT SHOULD BE SOWN IN THE DIFFERENT SOILS

CHAP. 47.—THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF CULTIVATION EMPLOYED BY VARIOUS NATIONS

CHAP. 48.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF PLOUGHS

CHAP. 49. (19.)—THE MODE OF PLOUGHING

CHAP. 50. (21.)—THE METHODS OF HARROWING, STUBBING, AND HOEING, EMPLOYED FOR EACH DESCRIPTION OF GRAIN. THE USE OF THE HARROW

CHAP. 51. (22.)—EXTREME FERTILITY OF SOIL

CHAP. 52. (23.)—THE METHOD OF SOWING MORE THAN ONCE IN THE YEAR

CHAP. 53.—THE MANURING OF LAND

CHAP. 54. (24.)—HOW TO ASCERTAIN THE QUALITY OF SEED

CHAP. 55.—WHAT QUANTITY OF EACH KIND OF GRAIN IS REQUISITE FOR SOWING A JUGERUM

CHAP. 56.—THE PROPER TIMES FOR SOWING

CHAP. 57. (25.)—ARRANGEMENT OF THE STARS ACCORDING TO THE TERRESTRIAL DAYS AND NIGHTS

CHAP. 58.—THE RISING AND SETTING OF THE STARS

CHAP. 59.—THE EPOCHS OF THE SEASONS

CHAP. 60.—THE PROPER TIME FOR WINTER SOWING

CHAP. 61.—WHEN TO SOW THE LEGUMINOUS PLANTS AND THE POPPY

CHAP. 62.—WORK TO BE DONE IN THE COUNTRY IN EACH MONTH RESPECTIVELY

CHAP. 63.—WORK TO BE DONE AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE

CHAP. 64.—WORK TO BE DONE BETWEEN THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND THE PREVALENCE OF THE WEST WINDS

CHAP. 65.—WORK TO BE DONE BETWEEN THE PREVALENCE OF THE WEST WINDS AND THE VERNAL EQUINOX

CHAP. 66.—WORK TO BE DONE AFTER THE VERNAL EQUINOX

CHAP. 67. (27.)—WORK TO BE DONE AFTER THE RISING OF THE VERGILIÆ: HAY-MAKING

CHAP. 68.—THE SUMMER SOLSTICE

CHAP. 69.—CAUSES OF STERILITY

CHAP. 70.—REMEDIES AGAINST THESE NOXIOUS INFLUENCES

CHAP. 71.—WORK TO BE DONE AFTER THE SUMMER SOLSTICE

CHAP. 72. (30.)—THE HARVEST

CHAP. 73.—THE METHODS OF STORING CORN

CHAP. 74. (31.)—THE VINTAGE, AND THE WORKS OF AUTUMN

CHAP. 75. (32.)—THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE MOON

CHAP. 76. (33.)—THE THEORY OF THE WINDS

CHAP. 77. (34.)—THE LAYING OUT OF LANDS ACCORDING TO THE POINTS OF THE WIND

CHAP. 78. (35.)—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THE SUN

CHAP. 79.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THE MOON

CHAP. 80.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THE STARS

CHAP. 81.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM THUNDER

CHAP. 82.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM CLOUDS

CHAP. 83.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM MISTS

CHAP. 84.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM FIRE KINDLED BY MAN

CHAP. 85.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM WATER

CHAP. 86.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM TEMPESTS THEMSELVES

CHAP. 87.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS, AND BIRDS

CHAP. 88.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM QUADRUPEDS

CHAP. 89.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM PLANTS

CHAP. 90.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM FOOD

BOOK XIX

CHAP. 1.—THE NATURE OF FLAX—MARVELLOUS FACTS RELATIVE THERETO

CHAP. 2. (1.)—HOW FLAX IS SOWN: TWENTY-SEVEN PRINCIPAL VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 3.—THE MODE OF PREPARING FLAX

CHAP. 4.—LINEN MADE OF ASBESTOS

CHAP. 5.—AT WHAT PERIOD LINEN WAS FIRST DYED

CHAP. 6.—AT WHAT PERIOD COLOURED AWNINGS WERE FIRST EMPLOYED IN THE THEATRES

CHAP. 7. (2.)—THE NATURE OF SPARTUM

CHAP. 8.—THE MODE OF PREPARING SPARTUM

CHAP. 9.—AT WHAT PERIOD SPARTUM WAS FIRST EMPLOYED

CHAP. 10.—THE BULB ERIOPHORUS

CHAP. 11.—PLANTS WHICH SPRING UP AND GROW WITHOUT A ROOT—PLANTS WHICH GROW, BUT CANNOT BE REPRODUCED FROM SEED

CHAP. 12. (3.)—MISY; ITON; AND GERANION

CHAP. 13.—PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE TRUFFLE

CHAP. 14.—THE PEZICA

CHAP. 15.—LASERPITIUM, LASER, AND MASPETUM

CHAP. 16.—MAGYDARIS

CHAP. 17.—MADDER

CHAP. 18.—THE RADICULA

CHAP. 19. (4.)—THE PLEASURES OF THE GARDEN

CHAP. 20.—THE LAYING OUT OF GARDEN GROUND

CHAP. 21.—PLANTS OTHER THAN GRAIN AND SHRUBS

CHAP. 22.—THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TWENTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS WHICH GROW IN GARDENS—THE PROPER METHODS TO BE FOLLOWED IN SOWING THEM RESPECTIVELY

CHAP. 23. (5.)—VEGETABLES OF A CARTILAGINOUS NATURE—CUCUMBERS. PEPONES

CHAP. 24.—GOURDS

CHAP. 25.—RAPE. TURNIPS

CHAP. 26.—RADISHES

CHAP. 27.—PARSNIPS

CHAP. 28.—THE SKIRRET

CHAP. 29.—ELECAMPANE

CHAP. 30.—BULBS, SQUILLS, AND ARUM

CHAP. 31. (6.)—THE ROOTS, FLOWERS, AND LEAVES OF ALL THESE PLANTS. GARDEN PLANTS WHICH LOSE THEIR LEAVES

CHAP. 32.—VARIETIES OF THE ONION

CHAP. 33.—THE LEEK

CHAP. 34.—GARLIC

CHAP. 35. (7.)—THE NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED FOR THE RESPECTIVE PLANTS TO MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE ABOVE GROUND

CHAP. 36.—THE NATURE OF THE VARIOUS SEEDS

CHAP. 37.—PLANTS OF WHICH THERE IS BUT A SINGLE KIND. PLANTS OF WHICH THERE ARE SEVERAL KINDS

CHAP. 38.—THE NATURE AND VARIETIES OF TWENTY-THREE GARDEN PLANTS. THE LETTUCE; ITS DIFFERENT VARIETIES

CHAP. 39.—ENDIVE

CHAP. 40.—BEET: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 41—CABBAGES; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF THEM

CHAP. 42.—WILD AND CULTIVATED ASPARAGUS

CHAP. 43.—THISTLES

CHAP. 44.—OTHER PLANTS THAT ARE SOWN IN THE GARDEN: OCIMUM; ROCKET; AND NASTURTIUM

CHAP. 45.—RUE

CHAP. 46.—PARSLEY

CHAP. 47.—MINT

CHAP. 48.—OLUSATRUM

CHAP. 49.—THE CARAWAY

CHAP. 50.—LOVAGE

CHAP. 51.—DITTANDER

CHAP. 52.—GITH

CHAP. 53.—THE POPPY

CHAP. 54.—OTHER PLANTS WHICH REQUIRE TO BE SOWN AT THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

CHAP. 55.—WILD THYME; SISYMBRIUM

CHAP. 56. (9.)—FOUR KINDS OF FERULACEOUS PLANTS. HEMP

CHAP. 57. (10.)—THE MALADIES OF GARDEN PLANTS

CHAP. 58.—THE PROPER REMEDIES FOR THESE MALADIES. HOW ANTS ARE BEST DESTROYED. THE BEST REMEDIES AGAINST CATERPILLARS AND FLIES

CHAP. 59.—WHAT PLANTS ARE BENEFITTED BY SALT WATER

CHAP. 60. (12.)—THE PROPER METHOD OF WATERING GARDENS

CHAP. 61.—THE JUICES AND FLAVOURS OF GARDEN HERBS

CHAP. 62.—PIPERITIS, LIBANOTIS, AND SMYRNIUM

BOOK XX

CHAP. 1.—INTRODUCTION

CHAP. 2. (1.)—THE WILD CUCUMBER; TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 3.—ELATERIUM; TWENTY-SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 4. (2.)—THE ANGUINE OR ERRATIC CUCUMBER: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 5.—THE CULTIVATED CUCUMBER: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 6.—PEPONES: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 7. (3.)—THE GOURD: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES. THE SOMPHUS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 8.—THE COLOCYNTHIS: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 9.—RAPE; NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 10.—WILD RAPE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 11. (4.)—TURNIPS; THOSE KNOWN AS BUNION AND BUNIAS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 12.—THE WILD RADISH, OR ARMORACIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 13.—THE CULTIVATED RADISH: FORTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 14.—THE PARSNIP: FIVE REMEDIES. THE HIBISCUM, WILD MALLOW, OR PLISTOLOCHIA: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 15. (5.)—THE STAPHYLINOS, OR WILD PARSNIP: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 16.—GINGIDION: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 17.—THE SKIRRET: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 18.—SILE, OR HARTWORT: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 19.—ELECAMPANE: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 20.—ONIONS: TWENTY-SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 21. (6.)—CUTLEEK: THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 22.—BULBED LEEK: THIRTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 23.—GARLIC: SIXTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 24.—THE LETTUCE: FORTY-TWO REMEDIES. THE GOAT-LETTUCE: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 25.—CÆSAPON: ONE REMEDY. ISATIS: ONE REMEDY. THE WILD LETTUCE: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 26.—HAWK-WEED: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 27. (8.)—BEET: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 28.—LIMONION, OR NEUROIDES: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 29.—ENDIVE: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 30.—CICHORIUM OR CHRESTON, OTHERWISE CALLED PANCRATION, OR AMBULA: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—HEDYPNOÏS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 32.—SERIS, THREE VARIETIES OF IT: SEVEN REMEDIES BORROWED FROM IT

CHAP. 33. (9).—THE CABBAGE: EIGHTY-SEVEN REMEDIES. RECIPES MENTIONED BY CATO

CHAP. 34.—OPINIONS OF THE GREEKS RELATIVE THERETO

CHAP. 35.—CABBAGE-SPROUTS

CHAP. 36.—THE WILD CABBAGE: THIRTY-SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 37.—THE LAPSANA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 38.—THE SEA-CABBAGE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 39.—THE SQUILL: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 40.—BULBS: THIRTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—BULBINE; ONE REMEDY. BULB EMETIC

CHAP. 42. (10.)—GARDEN ASPARAGUS; WITH THE NEXT TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 43.—CORRUDA, LIBYCUM, OR ORMINUM

CHAP. 44. (11.)—PARSLEY; SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 45.—APIASTRUM, OR MELISSOPHYLLUM

CHAP. 46.—OLUSATRUM OR HIPPOSELINON: ELEVEN REMEDIES. OREOSELINON; TWO REMEDIES. HELIOSELINON; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 47. (12.)—PETROSELINON; ONE REMEDY. BUSELINON; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 48.—OCIMUM; THIRTY-FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 49.—ROCKET: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 50.—NASTURTIUM: FORTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 51.—RUE: EIGHTY-FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 52. (14.)—WILD MINT: TWENTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 53.—MINT: FORTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 54.—PENNYROYAL: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 55.—WILD PENNYROYAL: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 56.—NEP: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 57.—CUMMIN: FORTY-EIGHT REMEDIES. WILD CUMMIN: TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 58.—AMMI: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 59.—THE CAPPARIS OR CAPER: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 60.—LIGUSTICUM, OR LOVAGE: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 61. (16.)—CUNILA BUBULA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 62.—CUNILA GALLINACEA, OR ORIGANUM: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 63.—CUNILAGO: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 64.—SOFT CUNILA: THREE REMEDIES. LIBANOTIS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 65.—CULTIVATED CUNILA; THREE REMEDIES. MOUNTAIN CUNILA; SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 66. (17.)—PIPERITIS, OR SILIQUASTRUM: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 67.—ORIGANUM, ONITIS, OR PRASION: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 68.—TRAGORIGANUM: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 69.—THREE VARIETIES OF HERACLEOTIC ORIGANUM: THIRTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 70.—DITTANDER: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 71.—GITH, OR MELANTHION: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 72.—ANISE: SIXTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 73.—WHERE THE BEST ANISE IS FOUND: VARIOUS REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THIS PLANT

CHAP. 74. (18.)—DILL: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP 75.—SACOPENIUM, OR SAGAPENON: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 76.—THE WHITE POPPY: THREE REMEDIES. THE BLACK POPPY: EIGHT REMEDIES. REMARKS ON SLEEP. OPIUM. REMARKS IN DISFAVOUR OF THE POTIONS KNOWN AS “ANODYNES, FEBRIFUGES, DIGESTIVES, AND CŒLIACS.” IN WHAT WAY THE JUICES OF THESE PLANTS ARE TO BE COLLECTED

CHAP. 77. (19.)—THE POPPY CALLED RHŒAS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 78.—THE WILD POPPY CALLED CERATITIS, GLAUCIUM, OR PARALIUM: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 79.—THE WILD POPPY CALLED HERACLIUM, OR APHRON: FOUR REMEDIES. DIACODION

CHAP. 80.—THE POPPY CALLED TITHYMALON, OR PARALION: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 81. (20.)—PORCILLACA OR PURSLAIN, OTHERWISE CALLED PEPLIS: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 82.—CORIANDER: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 83.—ORAGE: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 84. (21.)—THE MALLOW CALLED MALOPE: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. THE MALLOW CALLED MALACHE: ONE REMEDY. THE MALLOW CALLED ALTHÆA, OR PLISTOLOCHIA: FIFTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 85.—WILD LAPATHUM OR OXALIS, OTHERWISE CALLED LAPATHUM CANTHERINUM, OR RUMEX: ONE REMEDY. HYDROLAPATHUM: TWO REMEDIES. HIPPOLAPATHUM: SIX REMEDIES. OXYLAPATHUM: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 86.—CULTIVATED LAPATHUM: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES. BULAPATHUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 87. (22.)—MUSTARD, THE THREE KINDS OF IT: FORTY-FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 88.—ADARCA: FORTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 89.—MARRUBIUM OR PRASION, OTHERWISE LINOSTROPHON, PHILOPAIS, OR PHILOCHARES: TWENTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 90.—WILD THYME: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 91.—SISYMBRIUM OR THYMBRÆUM: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 92.—LINSEED: THIRTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 93.—BLITE: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 94. (23.)—MEUM, AND MEUM ATHAMANTICUM: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 95.—FENNEL: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 96.—HIPPOMARATHRON, OR MYRSINEUM: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 97.—HEMP: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 98.—FENNEL-GIANT: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 99.—THE THISTLE OR SCOLYMOS: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 100. (24.)—THE COMPOSITION OF THERIACA

BOOK XXI

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE NATURE OF FLOWERS AND GARLANDS

CHAP. 2. (2.)—GARLANDS AND CHAPLETS

CHAP. 3.—WHO INVENTED THE ART OF MAKING GARLANDS: WHEN THEY FIRST RECEIVED THE NAME OF “COROLLÆ,” AND FOR WHAT REASON

CHAP. 4. (3.)—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO GIVE CHAPLETS WITH LEAVES OF SILVER AND GOLD. LEMNISCI: WHO WAS THE FIRST TO EMBOSS THEM

CHAP. 5.—THE GREAT HONOUR IN WHICH CHAPLETS WERE HELD BY THE ANCIENTS

CHAP. 6.—THE SEVERITY OF THE ANCIENTS IN REFERENCE TO CHAPLETS

CHAP. 7.—A CITIZEN DECKED WITH FLOWERS BY THE ROMAN PEOPLE

CHAP. 8.—PLAITED CHAPLETS. NEEDLE-WORK CHAPLETS. NARD-LEAF CHAPLETS. SILKEN CHAPLETS

CHAP. 9.—AUTHORS WHO HAVE WRITTEN ON FLOWERS. AN ANECDOTE RELATIVE TO QUEEN CLEOPATRA AND CHAPLETS

CHAP. 10. (4.)—THE ROSE: TWELVE VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 11. (5.)—THE LILY: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 12.—THE NARCISSUS: THREE VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 13.—HOW SEED IS STAINED TO PRODUCE TINTED FLOWERS

CHAP. 14. (6.)—HOW THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF THE VIOLET ARE RESPECTIVELY PRODUCED, GROWN, AND CULTIVATED. THE THREE DIFFERENT COLOURS OF THE VIOLET. THE FIVE VARIETIES OF THE YELLOW VIOLET

CHAP. 15.—THE CALTHA. THE SCOPA REGIA

CHAP. 16.—THE BACCHAR. THE COMBRETUM. ASARUM

CHAP. 17.—SAFFRON: IN WHAT PLACES IT GROWS BEST. WHAT FLOWERS WERE KNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE TROJAN WAR

CHAP. 18.—THE NATURE OF ODOURS

CHAP. 19.—THE IRIS

CHAP. 20.—THE SALIUNCA

CHAP. 21.—THE POLIUM, OR TEUTHRION

CHAP. 22. (8.)—FABRICS WHICH RIVAL THE COLOURS OF FLOWERS

CHAP. 23.—THE AMARANTH

CHAP. 24.—THE CYANOS: THE HOLOCHRYSOS

CHAP. 25.—THE PETILIUM: THE BELLIO

CHAP. 26.—THE CHRYSOCOME, OR CHRYSITIS

CHAP. 27. (9.)—SHRUBS, THE BLOSSOMS OF WHICH ARE USED FOR CHAPLETS

CHAP. 28.—SHRUBS, THE LEAVES OF WHICH ARE USED FOR CHAPLETS

CHAP. 29.—THE MELOTHRON, SPIRÆA, AND ORIGANUM. THE CNEORUM OR CASSIA; TWO VARIETIES OF IT. THE MELISSOPHYLLUM OR MELITTÆNA. THE MELILOTE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CAMPANIAN GARLAND

CHAP. 30.—THREE VARIETIES OF TREFOIL: THE MYOPHONUM

CHAP. 31.—TWO VARIETIES OF THYME. PLANTS PRODUCED FROM BLOSSOMS AND NOT FROM SEED

CHAP. 32.—CONYZA

CHAP. 33.—THE FLOWER OF JOVE. THE HEMEROCALLES. THE HELENIUM. THE PHLOX. PLANTS IN WHICH THE BRANCHES AND ROOTS ARE ODORIFEROUS

CHAP. 34.—THE ABROTONUM. THE ADONIUM: TWO VARIETIES OF IT. PLANTS WHICH REPRODUCE THEMSELVES. THE LEUCANTHEMUM

CHAP. 35. (11.)—TWO VARIETIES OF THE AMARACUS

CHAP. 36.—THE NYCTEGRETON, CHENOMYCHE, OR NYCTALOPS

CHAP. 37.—WHERE THE MELILOTE IS FOUND

CHAP. 38.—THE SUCCESSION IN WHICH FLOWERS BLOSSOM: THE SPRING FLOWERS. THE VIOLET. THE CHAPLET ANEMONE. THE ŒNANTHE. THE MELANION. THE HELICHRYSOS. THE GLADIOLUS. THE HYACINTH

CHAP. 39.—THE SUMMER FLOWERS—THE LYCHNIS: THE TIPHYON. TWO VARIETIES OF THE POTHOS. TWO VARIETIES OF THE ORSINUM. THE VINCAPERVINCA OR CHAMÆDAPHNE—A PLANT WHICH IS AN EVER-GREEN

CHAP. 40.—THE DURATION OF LIFE IN THE VARIOUS KINDS OF FLOWERS

CHAP. 41. (12.)—PLANTS WHICH SHOULD BE SOWN AMONG FLOWERS FOR BEES. THE CERINTHA

CHAP. 42.—THE MALADIES OF BEES, AND THE REMEDIES FOR THEM

CHAP. 43.—THE FOOD OF BEES

CHAP. 44.—POISONED HONEY, AND THE REMEDIES TO BE EMPLOYED BY THOSE WHO HAVE EATEN OF IT

CHAP. 45.—MADDENING HONEY

CHAP. 46. (14.)—HONEY THAT FLIES WILL NOT TOUCH

CHAP. 47.—BEEHIVES, AND THE ATTENTION WHICH SHOULD BE PAID TO THEM

CHAP. 48.—THAT BEES ARE SENSIBLE OF HUNGER

CHAP. 49.—THE METHOD OF PREPARING WAX. THE BEST KINDS OF WAX. PUNIC WAX

CHAP. 50. (15.)—PLANTS WHICH GROW SPONTANEOUSLY: THE USE MADE OF THEM BY VARIOUS NATIONS, THEIR NATURE, AND REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THEM. THE STRAWBERRY, THE TAMNUS, AND THE BUTCHER’S BROOM. THE BATIS, TWO VARIETIES OF IT. THE MEADOW PARSNIP. THE HOP

CHAP. 51.—THE COLOCASIA

CHAP. 52.—THE CICHORIUM. THE ANTHALIUM OR ANTICELLIUM, OR ANTHYLLUM. THE ŒTUM. THE ARACHIDNA. THE ARACOS. THE CANDRYALA. THE HYPOCHŒRIS. THE CAUCALIS. THE ANTHRISCUM. THE SCANDIX. THE TRAGOPOGON. THE PARTHENIUM OR LEUCANTHES, AMARACUS, PERDICIUM, OR MURALIS. THE TRYCHNUM OR STRYCHNUM, HALICACABUM, CALLIAS, DORYCNION, MANICON, PERITTON, NEURAS, MORIO, OR MOLY. THE CORCHORUS. THE APHACE. THE ACYNOPOS. THE EPIPETRON. PLANTS WHICH NEVER FLOWER. PLANTS WHICH ARE ALWAYS IN FLOWER

CHAP. 53.—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE CNECOS

CHAP. 54.—PLANTS OF A PRICKLY NATURE: THE ERYNGE, THE GLYCYRRIZA, THE TRIBULUS, THE ANONIS, THE PHEOS OR STŒBE, AND THE HIPPOPHAES

CHAP. 55.—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE NETTLE. THE LAMIUM AND THE SCORPIO

CHAP. 56. (16).—THE CARDUUS, THE ACORNA, THE PHONOS, THE LEUCACANTHOS, THE CHALCEOS, THE CNECOS, THE POLYACANTHOS, THE ONOPYXOS, THE HELXINE, THE SCOLYMOS, THE CHAMÆLEON, THE TETRALIX, AND ACANTHICE MASTICHE

CHAP. 57.—THE CACTOS; THE PTERNIX, PAPPUS, AND ASCALIAS

CHAP. 58.—THE TRIBULUS: THE ANONIS

CHAP. 59.—PLANTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR STEMS: THE CORONOPUS, THE ANCHUSA, THE ANTHEMIS, THE PHYLLANTHES, THE CREPIS, AND THE LOTUS

CHAP. 60.—PLANTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR LEAVES. PLANTS WHICH NEVER LOSE THEIR LEAVES: PLANTS WHICH BLOSSOM A LITTLE AT A TIME: THE HELIOTROPIUM AND THE ADIANTUM, THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WHICH WILL BE MENTIONED IN THE FOLLOWING BOOK

CHAP. 61.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF EARED PLANTS: THE STANYOPS; THE ALOPECUROS; THE STELEPHUROS, ORTYX, OR PLANTAGO; THE THRYALLIS

CHAP. 62—THE PERDICIUM. THE ORNITHOGALE

CHAP. 63.—PLANTS WHICH ONLY MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE AT THE END OF A YEAR. PLANTS WHICH BEGIN TO BLOSSOM AT THE TOP. PLANTS WHICH BEGIN TO BLOSSOM AT THE LOWER PART

CHAP. 64.—THE LAPPA, A PLANT WHICH PRODUCES WITHIN ITSELF. THE OPUNTIA, WHICH THROWS OUT A ROOT FROM THE LEAF

CHAP. 65.—THE IASIONE. THE CHONDRYLLA. THE PICRIS, WHICH REMAINS IN FLOWER THE WHOLE YEAR THROUGH

CHAP. 66.—PLANTS IN WHICH THE BLOSSOM MAKES ITS APPEARANCE BEFORE THE STEM. PLANTS IN WHICH THE STEM APPEARS BEFORE THE BLOSSOM. PLANTS WHICH BLOSSOM THREE TIMES IN THE YEAR

CHAP. 67.—THE CYPIROS. THE THESION

CHAP. 68.—THE ASPHODEL, OR ROYAL SPEAR. THE ANTHERICUS OR ALBUCUS

CHAP. 69. (18.)—SIX VARIETIES OF THE RUSH: FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CYPIROS

CHAP. 70.—THE CYPEROS: FOURTEEN REMEDIES. THE CYPERIS. THE CYPIRA

CHAP. 71.—THE HOLOSCHŒNUS

CHAP. 72.—TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SWEET-SCENTED RUSH, OR TEUCHITES

CHAP. 73.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FLOWERS BEFORE MENTIONED: THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE ROSE

CHAP. 74.—TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE LILY

CHAP. 75.—SIXTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE NARCISSUS

CHAP. 76.—SEVENTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE VIOLET

CHAP. 77.—SEVENTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE BACCHAR. ONE REMEDY DERIVED FROM THE COMBRETUM

CHAP. 78.—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM ASARUM

CHAP. 79. (20.)—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM GALLIC NARD

CHAP. 80.—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE PLANT CALLED “PHU.”

CHAP. 81.—TWENTY REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SAFFRON

CHAP. 82.—SYRIAN CROCOMAGNA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 83.—FORTY-ONE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE IRIS: TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SALIUNCA

CHAP. 84.—EIGHTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE POLIUM

CHAP. 85.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HOLOCHRYSOS. SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CHRYSOCOME

CHAP. 86.—TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MELISSOPHYLLUM

CHAP. 87.—THIRTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED PROM THE MELILOTE

CHAP. 88. (21.)—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED PROM TREFOIL

CHAP. 89.—TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THYME

CHAP. 90.—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HEMEROCALLES

CHAP. 91.—FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HELENIUM

CHAP. 92.—TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE ABROTONUM

CHAP. 93. (22.)—ONE REMEDY DERIVED FROM THE LEUCANTHEMUM. NINE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AMARACUS

CHAP. 94. (23.)—TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE ANEMONE OR PHRENION

CHAP. 95. (24.)—SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE ŒNANTHE

CHAP. 96. (25.)—ELEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HELICHRYSOS

CHAP. 97. (26.)—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HYACINTH

CHAP. 98.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE LYCHNIS

CHAP. 99. (27.)—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE VINCAPERVINCA

CHAP. 100.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BUTCHER’S BROOM

CHAP. 101.—TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE BATIS

CHAP. 102. (28.)—TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE COLOCASIA

CHAP. 103. (29.)—SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE ANTHYLLIUM OR ANTHYLLUM

CHAP. 104. (30.)—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE PARTHENIUM, LEUCANTHES, OR AMARACUS

CHAP. 105. (31.)—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE TRYCHNUM OR STRYCHNUM, HALICACABUM, CALLIAS, DORCYNION, MANICON, NEURAS, MORIO, OR MOLY

CHAP. 106.—SIX MEDICINES DERIVED FROM THE CORCHORUS

CHAP. 107.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CNECOS

CHAP. 108. (33.)—ONE REMEDY DERIVED FROM THE PESOLUTA

CHAP. 109. (34.)—AN EXPLANATION OF GREEK TERMS RELATIVE TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

BOOK XXII

CHAP. 1.—THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS

CHAP. 2. (1.)—PLANTS USED BY NATIONS FOR THE ADORNMENT OF THE PERSON

CHAP. 3. (2.)—EMPLOYMENT OF PLANTS FOR DYEING. EXPLANATION OF THE TERMS SAGMEN, VERBENA, AND CLARIGATIO

CHAP. 4. (3.)—THE GRASS CROWN: HOW RARELY IT HAS BEEN AWARDED

CHAP. 5. (5.)—THE ONLY PERSONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THIS CROWN

CHAP. 6. (6.)—THE ONLY CENTURION THAT HAS BEEN THUS HONOURED

CHAP. 7.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM OTHER CHAPLET PLANTS

CHAP. 8. (7.)—THE ERYNGE OR ERYNGIUM

CHAP. 9. (8.)—THE ERYNGIUM, CALLED CENTUM CAPITA: THIRTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 10. (9.)—THE ACANOS; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 11.—THE GLYCYRRHIZA OR ADIPSOS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 12. (10.)—TWO VARIETIES OF THE TRIBULUS; TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 13. (11.)—THE STŒBE OR PHEOS

CHAP. 14. (12.)—TWO VARIETIES OF THE HIPPOPHAES: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 15. (13.)—THE NETTLE: SIXTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 16. (14.)—THE LAMIUM: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 17. (15.)—THE SCORPIO, TWO KINDS OF IT: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 18. (16.)—THE LEUCACANTHA, PHYLLOS, ISCHIAS, OR POLYGONATOS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 19. (17).—THE HELXINE: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 20.—THE PERDICIUM, PARTHENIUM, URCEOLARIS, OR ASTERCUM: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 21. (18.)—THE CHAMÆLEON, IXIAS, ULOPHONON, OR CYNOZOLON; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 22. (19.)—THE CORONOPUS

CHAP. 23. (20.)—THE ANCHUSA: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 24.—THE PSEUDOANCHUSA, ECHIS, OR DORIS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 25. (21.)—THE ONOCHILON, ARCHEBION, ONOCHELIS, RHEXIA, OR ENCHRYSA: THIRTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 26.—THE ANTHEMIS, LEUCANTHEMIS, LEUCANTHEMUM, CHAMÆMELUM, OR MELANTHIUM; THREE VARIETIES OF IT: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 27.—THE LOTUS PLANT: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 28.—THE LOTOMETRA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 29.—THE HELIOTROPIUM, HELIOSCOPIUM, OR VERRUCARIA: TWELVE REMEDIES. THE HELIOTROPIUM, TRICOCCUM, OR SCORPIURON: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 30.—THE ADIANTUM, CALLITRICHOS, TRICHOMANES, POLYTRICHOS, OR SAXIFRAGUM; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 31. (22.)—THE PICRIS; ONE REMEDY. THE THESION; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 32.—THE ASPHODEL; FIFTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 33.—THE HALIMON: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 34.—THE ACANTHUS, PÆDEROS, OR MELAMPHYLLOS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—THE BUPLEURON: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 36.—THE BUPRESTIS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 37.—THE ELAPHOBOSCON: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 38.—THE SCANDIX: NINE REMEDIES. THE ANTHRISCUM: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 39.—THE IASIONE: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 40.—THE CAUCALIS: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—THE SIUM: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 42.—THE SILLYBUM

CHAP. 43.—THE SCOLYMOS OR LIMONIA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 44.—THE SONCHOS; TWO VARIETIES: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 45.—THE CONDRION OR CHONDRYLLA: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 46.—MUSHROOMS: PECULIARITIES OF THEIR GROWTH

CHAP. 47. (23.)—FUNGI; SIGNS BY WHICH THE VENOMOUS KINDS MAY BE RECOGNIZED: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 48.—SILPHIUM: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 49.—LASER: THIRTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 50. (24.)—PROPOLIS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 51.—THE VARIOUS INFLUENCES OF DIFFERENT ALIMENTS UPON THE DISPOSITION

CHAP. 52.—HYDROMEL: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 53.—HONIED WINE: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 54.—MELITITES: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 55.—WAX: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 56.—REMARKS IN DISPARAGEMENT OF MEDICINAL COMPOSITIONS

CHAP. 57.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM GRAIN. SILIGO: ONE REMEDY. WHEAT: ONE REMEDY. CHAFF: TWO REMEDIES. SPELT: ONE REMEDY. BRAN: ONE REMEDY. OLYRA, OR ARINCA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 58.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MEAL: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 59.—POLENTA: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 60.—FINE FLOUR: FIVE REMEDIES. PULS: ONE REMEDY. MEAL USED FOR PASTING PAPYRUS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 61.—ALICA: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 62.—MILLET: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 63.—PANIC: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 64.—SESAME: SEVEN REMEDIES. SESAMOIDES: THREE REMEDIES. ANTICYRICUM: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 65.—BARLEY: NINE REMEDIES. MOUSE-BARLEY, BY THE GREEKS CALLED PHŒNICE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 66.—PTISAN: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 67.—AMYLUM: EIGHT REMEDIES. OATS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 68.—BREAD: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 69.—BEANS: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 70.—LENTILS: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 71.—THE ELELISPHACOS, SPHACOS, OR SALVIA: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 72.—THE CHICKPEA AND THE CHICHELING VETCH: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 73.—THE FITCH: TWENTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 74.—LUPINES: THIRTY-FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 75.—IRIO, OR ERYSIMUM, BY THE GAULS CALLED VELA: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 76.—HORMINUM: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 77.—DARNEL: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 78.—THE PLANT MILIARIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 79.—BROMOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 80.—OROBANCHE, OR CYNOMORION: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 81.—REMEDIES FOR INJURIES INFLICTED BY INSECTS WHICH BREED AMONG LEGUMINOUS PLANTS

CHAP. 82.—THE USE MADE OF THE YEAST OF ZYTHUM

BOOK XXIII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—INTRODUCTION

CHAP. 2.—THE VINE

CHAP. 3.—THE LEAVES AND SHOOTS OF THE VINE: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 4.—OMPHACIUM EXTRACTED FROM THE VINE: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 5.—ŒNANTHE: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 6.—GRAPES, FRESH GATHERED

CHAP. 7.—VARIOUS KINDS OF PRESERVED GRAPES: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 8.—CUTTINGS OF THE VINE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 9.—GRAPE-STONES: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 10.—GRAPE-HUSKS: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 11.—THE GRAPES OF THE THERIACA: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 12.—RAISINS, OR ASTAPHIS: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 13.—THE ASTAPHISAGRIA, OTHERWISE CALLED STAPHIS OR TAMINIA: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 14.—THE LABRUSCA, OR WILD VINE: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 15.—THE SALICASTRUM: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 16.—THE WHITE VINE, OTHERWISE CALLED AMPELOLEUCE, STAPHYLE, MELOTHRON, PSILOTRUM, ARCHEZOSTIS, CEDROSTIS, OR MADON: THIRTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 17.—THE BLACK VINE, OTHERWISE CALLED BRYONA, CHIRONIA, GYNÆCANTHE, OR APRONIA: THIRTY-FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 18.—MUST: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 19.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO WINE

CHAP. 20.—THE SURRENTINE WINES: THREE REMEDIES. THE ALBAN WINES: TWO REMEDIES. THE FALERNIAN WINES: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 21.—THE SETINE WINES; ONE OBSERVATION UPON THEM. THE STATAN WINES; ONE OBSERVATION UPON THEM. THE SIGNIAN WINES; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 22.—OTHER WINES: SIXTY-FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 23.—SIXTY-ONE OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO WINE

CHAP. 24.—IN WHAT MALADIES WINE SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED; HOW IT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED, AND AT WHAT TIMES

CHAP. 25.—NINETY-ONE OBSERVATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO WINE

CHAP. 26.—ARTIFICIAL WINES

CHAP. 27.—VINEGAR: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 28. (2.)—SQUILL VINEGAR: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 29.—OXYMELI: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 30.—SAPA: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—LEES OF WINE: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 32.—LEES OF VINEGAR: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 33.—LEES OF SAPA: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 34. (3.)—THE LEAVES OF THE OLIVE: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—THE BLOSSOM OF THE OLIVE: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 36.—WHITE OLIVES: FOUR REMEDIES. BLACK OLIVES: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 37.—AMURCA OF OLIVES: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 38. (4.)—THE LEAVES OF THE WILD OLIVE: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 39.—OMPHACIUM: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 40.—OIL OF ŒNANTHE: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—CASTOR OIL: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 42.—OIL OF ALMONDS: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 43.—OIL OF LAUREL: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 44.—OIL OF MYRTLE: TWENTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 45.—OIL OF CHAMÆMYRSINE OR OXYMYRSINE; OIL OF CYPRESS; OIL OF CITRUS; OIL OF WALNUTS; OIL OF CNIDIUM; OIL OF MASTICH; OIL OF BALANUS; VARIOUS REMEDIES

CHAP. 46.—THE CYPRUS, AND THE OIL EXTRACTED FROM IT; SIXTEEN REMEDIES. GLEUCINUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 47.—OIL OF BALSAMUM: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 48.—MALOBATHRUM: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 49.—OIL OF HENBANE: TWO REMEDIES. OIL OF LUPINES: ONE REMEDY. OIL OF NARCISSUS: ONE REMEDY. OIL OF RADISHES: FIVE REMEDIES. OIL OF SESAME: THREE REMEDIES. OIL OF LILIES: THREE REMEDIES. OIL OF SELGA: ONE REMEDY. OIL OF IGUVIUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 50.—ELÆOMELI: TWO REMEDIES. OIL OF PITCH: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 51.—THE PALM: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 52. (5.)—THE PALM WHICH PRODUCES MYROBALANUM: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 53.—THE PALM CALLED ELATE: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 54. (6.)—REMEDIES DERIVED PROM THE BLOSSOMS, LEAVES, FRUIT, BRANCHES, BARK, JUICES, WOOD, ROOTS, AND ASHES OF VARIOUS KINDS OF TREES. SIX OBSERVATIONS UPON APPLES. TWENTY-TWO OBSERVATIONS UPON QUINCES. ONE OBSERVATION UPON STRUTHEA

CHAP. 55.—THE SWEET APPLES CALLED MELIMELA: SIX OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. SOUR APPLES: FOUR OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM

CHAP. 56.—CITRONS: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM

CHAP. 57.—PUNIC APPLES OR POMEGRANATES: TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 58.—THE COMPOSITION CALLED STOMATICE: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 59.—CYTINUS: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 60.—BALAUSTIUM: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 61.—THE WILD POMEGRANATE

CHAP. 62. (7.)—PEARS: TWELVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM

CHAP. 63.—FIGS: ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM

CHAP. 64.—THE WILD FIG: FORTY-TWO OBSERVATIONS UPON IT

CHAP. 65.—THE HERB ERINEON: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 66.—PLUMS: FOUR OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM

CHAP. 67.—PEACHES: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 68.—WILD PLUMS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 69.—THE LICHEN ON PLUM-TREES: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 70.—MULBERRIES: THIRTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 71.—THE MEDICAMENT CALLED STOMATICE, ARTERIACE, OR PANCHRESTOS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 72.—CHERRIES: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM

CHAP. 73.—MEDLARS: TWO REMEDIES. SORBS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 74. (8.)—PINE-NUTS: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 75.—ALMONDS: TWENTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 76.—GREEK NUTS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 77.—WALNUTS: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES. THE MITHRIDATIC ANTIDOTE

CHAP. 78.—HAZEL-NUTS: THREE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. PISTACHIO-NUTS: EIGHT OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. CHESNUTS: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM

CHAP. 79.—CAROBS: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. THE CORNEL; ONE REMEDY. THE FRUIT OF THE ARBUTUS

CHAP. 80.—THE LAUREL; SIXTY-NINE OBSERVATIONS UPON IT

CHAP. 81.—MYRTLE; SIXTY OBSERVATIONS UPON IT

CHAP. 82.—MYRTIDANUM: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 83.—THE WILD MYRTLE, OTHERWISE CALLED OXYMYRSINE, OR CHAMÆMYRSINE, AND THE RUSCUS: SIX REMEDIES

Volume V

BOOK XXIV

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES WHICH EXIST AMONG TREES AND PLANTS

CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE LOTUS OF ITALY: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 3. (3.)—ACORNS: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 4. (4.)—THE KERMES-BERRY OF THE HOLM-OAK: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 5.—GALL-NUTS: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 6.—MISTLETOE: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 7.—THE EXCRESCENCES WHICH GROW ON THE ROBUR: ONE REMEDY. THE CERRUS: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 8.—THE-CORK TREE: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 9. (5.)—THE BEECH: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 10.—THE CYPRESS: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 11.—THE CEDAR: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 12.—CEDRIDES: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 13.—GALBANUM: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 14 (6.)—HAMMONIACUM: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 15.—STORAX: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 16.—SPONDYLIUM: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 17.—SPHAGNOS, SPHACOS, OR BRYON: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 18.—THE TEREBINTH: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 19.—THE PITCH-TREE AND THE LARCH: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 20.—THE CHAMÆPITYS: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 21.—THE PITYUSA: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 22.—RESINS: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 23. (7.)—PITCH: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 24.—PISSELÆON AND PALIMPISSA: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 25.—PISSASPHALTOS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 26.—ZOPISSA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 27.—THE TORCH-TREE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 28.—THE LENTISK: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 29. (8.)—THE PLANE-TREE: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 30.—THE ASH: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—THE MAPLE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 32.—THE POPLAR: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 33.—THE ELM: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 34.—THE LINDEN-TREE: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—THE ELDER: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 36.—THE JUNIPER: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 37. (9.)—THE WILLOW: FOURTEEN REMEDIES. THE WILLOW OF AMERIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 38.—THE VITEX: THIRTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 39.—THE ERICA; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 40.—THE BROOM; FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—THE MYRICA, OTHERWISE CALLED TAMARICA, OR TAMARIX: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 42.—THE BRYA: TWENTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 43.—THE BLOOD-RED SHRUB: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 44.—THE SILER: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 45.—THE PRIVET: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 46.—THE ALDER: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 47.—THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF THE IVY: THIRTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 48.—THE CISTHOS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 49.—THE CISSOS ERYTHRANOS: TWO REMEDIES. THE CHAMÆCISSOS: TWO REMEDIES. THE SMILAX: THREE REMEDIES. THE CLEMATIS: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 50. (11.)—THE REED: NINETEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 51.—THE PAPYRUS, AND THE PAPER MADE FROM IT: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 52.—THE EBONY: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 53.—THE RHODODENDRON: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 54.—THE RHUS OR SUMACH-TREE; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: EIGHT REMEDIES. STOMATICE

CHAP. 55.—RHUS ERYTHROS: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 56.—THE ERYTHRODANUS: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 57.—THE ALYSSON: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 58.—THE RADICULA OR STRUTHION: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. THE APOCYNUM: TWO OBSERVATIONS UPON IT

CHAP. 59.—ROSEMARY: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 60.—THE SEED CALLED CACHRYS

CHAP. 61.—THE HERB SAVIN: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 62.—SELAGO: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 63.—SAMOLUS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 64.—GUM: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 65. (12.)—THE EGYPTIAN OR ARABIAN THORN: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 66.—THE WHITE THORN: TWO REMEDIES. THE ACANTHION; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 67.—GUM ACACIA: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 68. (13.)—ASPALATHOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 69.—THE ERYSISCEPTRUM, ADIPSATHEON, OR DIAXYLON: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 70.—THE THORN CALLED APPENDIX: TWO REMEDIES. THE PYRACANTHA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 71.—THE PALIURUS: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 72.—THE AGRIFOLIA. THE AQUIFOLIA: ONE REMEDY. THE YEW: ONE PROPERTY BELONGING TO IT

CHAP. 73. THE BRAMBLE: FIFTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 74. THE CYNOSBATOS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 75.—THE IDÆAN BRAMBLE

CHAP. 76.—THE RHAMNOS; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 77.—LYCIUM: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 78.—SARCOCOLLA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 79.—OPORICE: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 80.—THE TRIXAGO, CHAMÆDRYS, CHAMÆDROPS, OR TEUCRIA: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 81.—THE CHAMÆDAPHNE: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 82.—THE CHAMELÆA: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 83.—THE CHAMÆSYCE: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 84.—THE CHAMÆCISSOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 85.—THE CHAMÆLEUCE, FARFARUM, OR FARFUGIUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 86.—THE CHAMÆPEUCE: FIVE REMEDIES. THE CHAMÆCYPARISSOS: TWO REMEDIES. THE AMPELOPRASON; SIX REMEDIES. THE STACHYS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 87.—THE CLINOPODION, CLEONICION, ZOPYRON, OR OCIMOÏDES: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 88.—THE CLEMATIS CENTUNCULUS; THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 89.—THE CLEMATIS ECHITES, OR LAGINE

CHAP. 90.—THE EGYPTIAN CLEMATIS, DAPHNOÏDES, OR POLYGONOÏDES: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 91. (16.)—DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON THE DRACONTIUM

CHAP. 92.—THE ARON: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 93.—THE DRACUNCULUS; TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 94.—THE ARISAROS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 95.—THE MILLEFOLIUM OR MYRIOPHYLLON; SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 96.—THE PSEUDOBUNION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 97.—THE MYRRHIS, MYRIZA, OR MYRRHA: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 98.—THE ONOBRYCHIS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 99. (17.)—CORACESTA AND CALLICIA

CHAP. 100.—THE MINSAS OR CORINTHIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 101.—THE APROXIS: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 102.—THE AGLAOPHOTIS OR MARMARITIS. THE ACHÆMENIS OR HIPPOPHOBAS. THE THEOBROTION OR SEMNION. THE ADAMANTIS. THE ARIANIS. THE THERIONARCA. THE ÆTHIOPIS OR MEROIS. THE OPHIUSA. THE THALASSEGLE OR POTAMAUGIS. THE THEANGELIS. THE GELOTOPHYLLIS. THE HESTIATORIS OR PROTOMEDIA. THE CASIGNETES OR DIONYSONYMPHAS. THE HELIANTHES OR HELIOCALLIS. HERMESIAS. THE ÆSCHYNOMENE. THE CROCIS. THE ŒNOTHERIS. THE ANACAMPSEROS

CHAP. 103. (18.)—THE ERIPHIA

CHAP. 104.—THE WOOL PLANT: ONE REMEDY. THE LACTORIS: ONE REMEDY. THE MILITARIS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 105.—THE STRATIOTES: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 106. (19.)—A PLANT GROWING ON THE HEAD OF A STATUE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 107.—A PLANT GROWING ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 108.—THE HERB CALLED LINGUA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 109.—PLANTS THAT TAKE ROOT IN A SIEVE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 110.—PLANTS GROWING UPON DUNGHILLS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 111.—PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN MOISTENED WITH THE URINE OF A DOG: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 112.—THE RODARUM: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 113.—THE PLANT CALLED IMPIA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 114.—THE PLANT CALLED VENUS’ COMB: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 115.—THE EXEDUM. THE PLANT CALLED NOTIA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 116.—THE PHILANTHROPOS: ONE REMEDY. THE LAPPA CANARIA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 117.—TORDYLON OR SYREON: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 118.—GRAMEN: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 119.—DACTYLOS; FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 120.—FENUGREEK OK SILICIA: THIRTY-ONE REMEDIES

BOOK XXV

CHAP. 1. (1.)—WHEN THE WILD PLANTS WERE FIRST BROUGHT INTO USE

CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE LATIN AUTHORS WHO HAVE WRITTEN UPON THESE PLANTS

CHAP. 3.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE ROMANS ACQUIRED SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THIS SUBJECT

CHAP. 4.—GREEK AUTHORS WHO HAVE DELINEATED THE PLANTS IN COLOURS

CHAP. 5.—THE FIRST GREEK AUTHORS WHO WROTE UPON PLANTS

CHAP. 6.—WHY A FEW OF THE PLANTS ONLY HAVE BEEN USED MEDICINALLY. PLANTS, THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN MIRACULOUSLY DISCOVERED. THE CYNORRHODOS: TWO REMEDIES. THE PLANT CALLED DRACUNCULUS: ONE REMEDY. THE BRITANNICA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 7.—WHAT DISEASES ARE ATTENDED WITH THE GREATEST PAIN. NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE DISCOVERED FAMOUS PLANTS

CHAP. 8. (4.)—MOLY: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 9.—THE DODECATHEOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 10.—THE PÆONIA, PENTOROBUS, OR GLYCYSIDE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 11.—THE PANACES ASCLEPION: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 12.—THE PANACES HERACLEON: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 13.—THE PANACES CHIRONION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 14.—THE PANACES CENTAURION OR PHARNACION: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 15.—THE HERACLEON SIDERION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 16.—THE AMPELOS CHIRONIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 17.—HYOSCYAMOS, KNOWN ALSO AS THE APOLLINARIS OR ALTERCUM; FIVE VARIETIES OF IT: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 18. (5.)—LINOZOSTIS, PARTHENION, HERMUPOA, OR MERCURIALIS; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 19.—THE ACHILLEOS, SIDERITIS, PANACES HERACLEON, MILLEFOLIUM, OR SCOPÆ REGIÆ; SIX VARIETIES OF IT: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 20.—THE TEUCRION, HEMIONION, OR SPLENION: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 21.—MELAMPODIUM, HELLEBORE, OR VERATRUM: THREE VARIETIES OF IT. THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS GATHERED, AND HOW THE QUALITY OF IT IS TESTED

CHAP. 22.—TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BLACK HELLEBORE. HOW IT SHOULD BE TAKEN

CHAP. 23.—TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WHITE HELLEBORE

CHAP. 24.—EIGHTY-EIGHT OBSERVATIONS UPON THE TWO KINDS OF HELLEBORE

CHAP. 25.—TO WHAT PERSONS HELLEBORE SHOULD NEVER BE ADMINISTERED

CHAP. 26. (6.)—THE MITHRIDATIA

CHAP. 27.—THE SCORDOTIS OR SCORDION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 28.—THE POLEMONIA, PHILETÆRIA, OR CHILIODYNAMUS: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 29.—THE EUPATORIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 30.—CENTAURION OR CHIRONION: TWENTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—THE CENTAURION LEPTON, OR LIBADION, KNOWN ALSO AS FEL TERRÆ: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 32.—THE CENTAURIS TRIORCHIS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 33. (7.)—CLYMENUS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 34.—GENTIAN: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—THE LYSIMACHIA: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 36.—ARTEMISIA, PARTHENIS, BOTRYS, OR AMBROSIA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 37.—NYMPHÆA, HERACLEON, RHOPALON, OR MADON; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 38.—TWO VARIETIES OF EUPHORBIA: FOUR REMEDIES. THE CHAMELÆA

CHAP. 39. (8.)—TWO VARIETIES OF THE PLANTAGO: FORTY-SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 40.—BUGLOSSOS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—CYNOGLOSSOS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 42.—THE BUPHTHALMOS OR CACHLA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 43.—PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY CERTAIN NATIONS. THE SCYTHICE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 44.—THE HIPPACE: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 45.—THE ISCHÆMON: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 46.—THE CESTROS, PSYCHOTROPHON, VETTONICA, OR SERRATULA: FORTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 47.—THE CANTABRICA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 48.—CONSILIGO: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 49.—THE IBERIS: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 50.—PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY CERTAIN ANIMALS. CHELIDONIA: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 51.—THE DOG-PLANT: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 52.—THE ELAPHOBOSCON

CHAP. 53.—DICTAMNON: EIGHT REMEDIES. PSEUDODICTAMNON OR CHONDRIS. IN WHAT PLACES THE MOST POWERFUL PLANTS ARE FOUND. HOW THAT MILK IS DRUNK IN ARCADIA FOR THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE PLANTS UPON WHICH THE CATTLE FEED

CHAP. 54.—THE ARISTOLOCHIA, CLEMATITIS, CRETICA, PLISTOLOCHIA, LOCHIA POLYRRHIZOS, OR APPLE OF THE EARTH: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 55.—THE EMPLOYMENT OF THESE PLANTS FOR INJURIES INFLICTED BY SERPENTS

CHAP. 56. (9.)—THE ARGEMONIA: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 57.—AGARIC: THIRTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 58.—THE ECHIOS; THREE VARIETIES OF IT: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 59.—HIERABOTANE, PERISTEREON, OR VERBENACA; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 60.—THE BLATTARIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 61.—LEMONIUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 62.—QUINQUEFOLIUM, KNOWN ALSO AS PENTAPETES, PENTAPHYLLON, OR CHAMÆZELON: THIRTY-THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 63.—THE SPARGANION: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 64.—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE DAUCUS: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 65.—THE THERIONARCA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 66.—THE PERSOLATA OR ARCION; EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 67.—CYCLAMINOS OR TUBER TERRÆ: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 68.—THE CYCLAMINOS CISSANTHEMOS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 69.—THE CYCLAMINOS CHAMÆCISSOS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 70.—PEUCEDANUM: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 71. (10.)—EBULUM; SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 72.—POLEMONIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 73.—PHLOMOS OR VERBASCUM: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 74.—THE PHLOMIS: ONE REMEDY. THE LYCHNITIS OR THRYALLIS

CHAP. 75.—THE THELYPHONON OR SCORPIO: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 76.—THE PHRYNION, NEURAS, OR POTERION; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 77.—THE ALISMA, DAMASONION, OR LYRON: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 78.—PERISTEREOS: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 79.—REMEDIES AGAINST CERTAIN POISONS

CHAP. 80.—THE ANTIRRHINUM, ANARRHINON, OR LYCHNIS AGRIA: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 81.—EUCLEA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 82.—THE PERICARPUM; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 83. (11.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE HEAD. NYMPHÆA HERACLIA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 84.—THE LINGULACA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 85.—THE CACALIA OR LEONTICE: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 86.—THE CALLITRICHOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 87.—HYSSOP: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 88.—THE LONCHITIS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 89.—THE XIPHION OR PHASGANION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 90.—PSYLLION, CYNOÏDES, CRYSTALLION, SICELICON, OR CYNOMYIA; SIXTEEN REMEDIES. THRYSELINUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 91. (12.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EYES

CHAP. 92. (13.)—THE ANAGALLIS, OR CORCHORON; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 93.—THE ÆGILOPS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 94.—MANDRAGORA, CIRCÆON, MORION, OR HIPPOPHLOMOS; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 95.—HEMLOCK: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 96.—CRETHMOS AGRIOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 97.—MOLYBDÆNA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 98.—THE FIRST KIND OF CAPNOS, KNOWN ALSO AS CHICKEN’S FOOT: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 99.—THE ARBORESCENT CAPNOS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 100.—THE ACORON OR AGRION: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 101.—THE COTYLEDON: TWO VARIETIES OF IT: SIXTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 102.—THE GREATER AIZOÜM, ALSO CALLED BUPHTHALMOS, ZOÖPHTHALMOS, STERGETHRON, HYPOGESON, AMBROSION, AMERIMNON, SEDUM MAGNUM, OR DIGITELLUS: THIRTY-SIX REMEDIES. THE SMALLER AIZOÜM, ALSO CALLED ERITHALES, TRITHALES, CHRYSOTHALES, ISOËTES OR SEDUM: THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 103.—THE ANDRACHLE AGRIA OR ILLECEBRA: THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 104.—A REMEDY FOR DISEASES OF THE NOSTRILS

CHAP. 105.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE TEETH

CHAP. 106.—ERIGERON, PAPPUS, ACANTHIS, OR SENECIO: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 107.—THE EPHEMERON: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 108.—THE LABRUM VENEREUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 109.—THE BATRACHION, RANUNCULUS, OR STRUMUS; FOUR VARIETIES OF IT: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 110.—REMEDIAL PREPARATIONS FOR OFFENSIVE BREATH: TWO KINDS OF THEM

BOOK XXVI

CHAP. 1. (1.)—NEW FORMS OF DISEASE

CHAP. 2.—THE NATURE OF LICHEN

CHAP. 3.—AT WHAT PERIOD LICHEN FIRST MADE ITS APPEARANCE IN ITALY

CHAP. 4.—CARBUNCLE

CHAP. 5.—ELEPHANTIASIS

CHAP. 6.—COLIC

CHAP. 7. (3.)—THE NEW SYSTEM OF MEDICINE: ASCLEPIADES THE PHYSICIAN

CHAP. 8.—THE CHANGES EFFECTED BY ASCLEPIADES IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

CHAP. 9. (4.)—REMARKS IN DISPRAISE OF THE PRACTICES OF MAGIC

CHAP. 10.—LICHEN: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 11.—QUINZY

CHAP. 12. (5.)—SCROFULA

CHAP. 13.—THE PLANT CALLED BELLIS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 14.—THE CONDURDUM

CHAP. 15.—COUGH

CHAP. 16.—BECHION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ARCION, CHAMÆLEUCE OR TUSSILAGO: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 17.—THE BECHION, KNOWN ALSO AS SALVIA: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 18. (7.)—AFFECTIONS OF THE SIDE, CHEST, AND STOMACH

CHAP. 19.—MOLON OR SYRON. AMOMUM

CHAP. 20.—THE EPHEDRA OR ANABASIS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 21.—GEUM: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 22.—TRIPOLIUM: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 23.—THE GROMPHÆNA

CHAP. 24.—THE MALUNDRUM: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 25.—CHALCETUM; TWO REMEDIES. MOLEMONIUM; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 26.—HALUS OR COTONEA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 27.—THE CHAMÆROPS: ONE REMEDY. THE STŒCHAS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 28. (8.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE BELLY

CHAP. 29.—THE ASTRAGALUS: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 30.—LADANUM: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—CHONDRIS OR PSEUDODICTAMNON: ONE REMEDY. HYPOCISTHIS OR OROBETHRON; TWO VARIETIES: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 32.—LAVER OR SION: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 33.—POTAMOGITON: EIGHT REMEDIES. THE STATICE: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 34.—THE CERATIA: TWO REMEDIES. LEONTOPODION, LEUCEORON, DORIPETRON, OR THORYBETHRON. LAGOPUS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—EPITHYMON OR HIPPOPHEOS: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 36.—PYCNOCOMON; FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 37.—POLYPODION: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 38.—SCAMMONY; EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 39.—THE TITHYMALOS CHARACIAS

CHAP. 40.—THE TITHYMALOS MYRTITES, OR CARYITES; TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—THE TITHYMALOS PARALIOS, OR TITHYMALIS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 42.—THE TITHYMALOS HELIOSCOPIOS: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 43.—THE TITHYMALOS CYPARISSIAS: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 44.—THE TITHYMALOS PLATYPHYLLOS, CORYMBITES, OR AMYGDALITES: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 45.—THE TITHYMALOS DENDROÏDES, COBIOS, OR LEPTOPHYLLOS: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 46.—THE APIOS ISCHAS, OR RAPHANOS AGRIA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 47.—REMEDIES FOR GRIPING PAINS IN THE BOWELS

CHAP. 48.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN

CHAP. 49.—REMEDIES FOR CALCULI AND DISEASES OF THE BLADDER

CHAP. 50.—CRETHMOS: ELEVEN REMEDIES. CACHRY

CHAP. 51.—THE ANTHYLLION; TWO REMEDIES. THE ANTHYLLIS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 52.—CEPÆA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 53.—HYPERICON, CHAMÆPITYS, OR CORISON: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 54.—CAROS OR HYPERICON: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 55.—THE CALLITHRIX: ONE REMEDY. THE PERPRESSA: ONE REMEDY. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM: ONE REMEDY. THE ANTHEMIS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 56.—SILAUS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 57.—THE PLANT OF FULVIUS

CHAP. 58.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE TESTES AND OF THE FUNDAMENT

CHAP. 59.—INGUINALIS OR ARGEMO

CHAP. 60.—REMEDIES FOR INFLAMED TUMOURS. CHRYSIPPIOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 61. (10.)—APHRODISIACS AND ANTAPHRODISIACS

CHAP. 62.—THE ORCHIS OR SERAPIAS: FIVE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES. SATYRION

CHAP. 63.—SATYRION: THREE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES. SATYRION ERYTHRAÏCON: FOUR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

CHAP. 64.—REMEDIES FOR THE GOUT AND DISEASES OF THE FEET

CHAP. 65. LAPPAGO OR MOLLUGO: ONE REMEDY. ASPERUGO: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 66.—PHYCOS THALASSION OR SEA-WEED: THREE VARIETIES OF IT. LAPPA BOARIA

CHAP. 67.—MALADIES WHICH ATTACK THE WHOLE OF THE BODY

CHAP. 68.—THE GERANION, MYRRILIS, OR MYRTIS; THREE VARIETIES OF IT: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 69.—THE ONOTHERAS OR ONEAR: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 70.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY

CHAP. 71.—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS

CHAP. 72.—REMEDIES FOR PHRENITIS, LETHARGY, AND CARBUNCLES

CHAP. 73.—REMEDIES FOR DROPSY. ACTE OR EBULUM. CHAMÆACTE

CHAP. 74.—REMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS

CHAP. 75. (12.)—REMEDIES FOR SPRAINS

CHAP. 76.—REMEDIES FOR JAUNDICE

CHAP. 77.—REMEDIES FOR BOILS

CHAP. 78.—REMEDIES FOR FISTULA

CHAP. 79.—REMEDIES FOR ABSCESSES AND HARD TUMOURS

CHAP. 80.—REMEDIES FOB BURNS

CHAP. 81. REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SINEWS AND JOINTS

CHAP. 82.—REMEDIES FOR HÆMORRHAGE

CHAP. 83. (13.)—HIPPURIS, OTHERWISE CALLED EPHEDRON, ANABASIS, OB EQUISÆTUM; THREE KINDS OF IT: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 84.—STEPHANOMELIS

CHAP. 85.—REMEDIES FOR RUPTURES AND CONVULSIONS. ERYSITHALES: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 86.—REMEDIES FOR PHTHIRIASIS

CHAP. 87. (14.)—REMEDIES FOR ULCERS AND WOUNDS

CHAP. 88.—POLYCNEMON: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 89.—REMEDIES FOB WARTS, AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF SCARS

CHAP. 90.—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE DISEASES

CHAP. 91.—ARSENOGONON: ONE MEDICINAL PROPERTY. THELYGONON: ONE MEDICINAL PROPERTY

CHAP. 92.—MASTOS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 93.—APPLICATIONS FOR THE HAIR. LYSIMACHIA. OPHRYS

BOOK XXVII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—RESEARCHES OF THE ANCIENTS UPON THIS SUBJECT

CHAP. 2. (2.)—ACONITE, OTHERWISE CALLED THELYPHONON, CAMMARON, PARDALIANCHES, OR SCORPIO; FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 3. (4.)—ÆTHIOPIS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 4.—AGERATON: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 5.—THE ALOE; TWENTY-NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 6.—ALCEA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 7.—THE ALYPON: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 8.—ALSINE, A PLANT USED FOR THE SAME PURPOSES AS HELXINE: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 9.—THE ANDROSACES: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 10.—ANDROSÆMON OR ASCYRON: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 11.—AMBROSIA, BOTRYS, OR ARTEMISIA: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 12.—THE ANONIS OR ONONIS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 13.—THE ANAGYROS OR ACOPON: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 14.—THE ANONYMOS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 15. (5.)—APARINE, OMPHALOCARPOS, OR PHILANTHROPOS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 16.—THE ARCTION OR ARCTURUM: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 17.—THE ASPLENON OR HEMIONION: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 18.—THE ASCLEPIAS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 19.—THE ASTER OR BUBONION: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 20.—ASCYRON AND ASCYROÏDES: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 21.—THE APHACA: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 22.—ALCIBIUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 23.—ALECTOROSLOPHOS OR CRISTA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 24. (6.)—ALUM, ALSO CALLED SYMPHYTON PETRÆON: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 25. (7.)—ALGA RUFA OR RED SEA-WEED: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 26.—ACTÆA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 27.—THE AMPELOS AGRIA, OR WILD VINE: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 28.—ABSINTHIUM OR WORMWOOD; FOUR VARIETIES: FORTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 29.—ABSINTHIUM MARINUM OR SERIPHUM

CHAP. 30. (8.)—THE BALLOTES, MELAMPRASION, OR BLACK LEEK: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—BOTRYS, AMBROSIA, OR ARTEMISIA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 32.—THE BRABYLA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 33.—BRYON MARITIMUM: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 34.—THE BUPLEURON: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 35.—THE CATANANCE; ONE OBSERVATION UPON IT. THE CEMOS: ONE OBSERVATION UPON IT

CHAP. 36.—THE CALYX: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 37.—THE CALYX, KNOWN ALSO AS ANCHUSA OK ONOCLÏA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 38.—THE CIRCÆA: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 39.—THE CIRSION: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 40.—THE CRATÆGONON; TWO KINDS OF IT: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—THE CROCODILEON: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 42.—THE CYNOSORCHIS OR ORCHIS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 43.—THE CHRYSOLACHANUM; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: THREE REMEDIES. COAGULUM TERRÆ: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 44.—THE CUCUBALUS, STRUMUS, OR STRYCHNON: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 45.—THE CONFERVA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 46. (9.)—THE COCCUS CNIDIUS, OR GRAIN OF CNIDOS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 47.—THE DIPSACOS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 48.—THE DRYOPTERIS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 49.—THE DRYOPHONON

CHAP. 50.—THE ELATINE: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 51.—EMPETROS, BY OUR PEOPLE CALLED CALCIFRAGA: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 52.—THE EPIPACTIS OR ELLEBORINE: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 53.—THE EPIMEDION: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 54.—THE ENNEAPHYLLON: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 55.—TWO VARIETIES OF FILIX OR FERN, KNOWN TO THE GREEKS AS PTERIS, OR BLACHNON, AND AS THELYPTERIS, OR NYMPHÆ PTERIS: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 56.—FEMUR BUBULUM, OR OX THIGH

CHAP. 57.—GALEOPSIS, GALEOBDOLON, OR GALION: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 58.—THE GLAUX: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 59. (10.)—GLAUCION: THREE REMEDIES. DIAGLAUCIA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 60.—THE GLYCYSIDE, PÆONIA, OR PENTOBOROS: TWENTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 61.—GNAPHALIUM OR CHAMÆZELON: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 62.—THE GALLIDRAGA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 63.—HOLCUS OR ARISTIS

CHAP. 64.—HYOSERIS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 65.—THE HOLOSTEON: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 66.—THE HIPPOPHÆSTON: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 67. (11.)—THE HYPOGLOSSA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 68.—HYPECOÖN

CHAP. 69.—THE IDÆA HERBA, OR PLANT OF IDA: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 70.—THE ISOPYRON OR PHASIOLON: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 71.—THE LATHYRIS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 72.—THE LEONTOPETALON OR PARDALION: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 73.—THE LYCAPSOS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 74.—THE LITHOSPERMUM, EXONYCHON, DIOSPYRON, OR HERACLEOS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 75.—LAPIDIS MUSCUS, OR STONE MOSS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 76.—THE LIMEUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 77.—THE LEUCE, MESOLEUCON, OR LEUCAS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 78.—THE LEUCOGRAPHIS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 79. (12.)—THE MEDION: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 80.—THE MYOSOTA OR MYOSOTIS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 81.—THE MYAGROS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 82.—THE NYMA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 83.—THE NATRIX: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 84.—ODONTITIS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 85.—THE OTHONNA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 86.—THE ONOSMA: ONE PROPERTY

CHAP. 87.—THE ONOPORDON: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 88.—THE OSYRIS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 89.—THE OXYS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 90.—THE POLYANTHEMUM OR RATRACHION: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 91.—THE POLYGONOS, POLYGONATOS, TEUTHALIS, CARCINETHRON, CLEMA, OR MYRTOPETALOS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SANGUINARIA OR ORIOS: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT: FORTY REMEDIES

CHAP. 92.—THE PANCRATIUM: TWELVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 93.—THE PEPLIS, SYCE, MECONION, OR MECON APHRODES: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 94.—THE PERICLYMENOS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 95.—PELECINON: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 96.—POLYGALA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 97.—POTERION, PHRYNION, OR NEURAS: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 98.—THE PHALANGITIS, PHALANGION, OR LEUCACANTHA: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 99.—THE PHYTEUMA: ONE PROPERTY

CHAP. 100.—THE PHYLLON: ONE PROPERTY

CHAP. 101.—THE PHELLANDRION: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 102. THE PHALARIS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 103.—THE POLYRRHIZON: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 104.—THE PROSERPINACA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 105.—RHACOMA: THIRTY-SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 106.—THE RESEDA: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 107.—THE STŒCHAS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 108.—THE SOLANUM, BY THE GREEKS CALLED STRYCHNON: TWO REMEDIAL PROPERTIES

CHAP. 109.—SMYRNION: THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES. SINON: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 110.—TELEPHION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 111.—THE TRICHOMANES. FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 112.—THE THALICTRUM: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 113.—THLASPI AND PERSICON NAPY: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 114.—THE TRACHINIA: ONE PROPERTY

CHAP. 115.—THE TRAGONIS OR TRAGION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 116.—THE TRAGOS OR SCORPION: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 117.—THE TRAGOPOGON OR COME

CHAP. 118.—THE AGES OF PLANTS

CHAP. 119.—HOW THE GREATEST EFFICACY IN PLANTS MAY BE ENSURED

CHAP. 120.—MALADIES PECULIAR TO VARIOUS NATIONS

BOOK XXVIII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—INTRODUCTION

CHAP. 2. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MAN

CHAP. 3. (2.)—WHETHER WORDS ARE POSSESSED OF ANY HEALING EFFICACY

CHAP. 4.—THAT PRODIGIES AND PORTENTS MAY BE CONFIRMED, OR MADE OF NO EFFECT

CHAP. 5.—A DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS USAGES

CHAP. 6. (3.)—TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OBSERVATIONS ON REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MAN. EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CHILDREN

CHAP. 7.—PROPERTIES OF THE HUMAN SPITTLE

CHAP. 8.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE WAX OF THE HUMAN EAR

CHAP. 9.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HUMAN HAIR, TEETH, ETC

CHAP. 10.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HUMAN BLOOD, THE SEXUAL CONGRESS, ETC

CHAP. 11.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE DEAD

CHAP. 12.—VARIOUS REVERIES AND DEVICES OF THE MAGICIANS

CHAP. 13.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HUMAN EXCRETIONS

CHAP. 14.—REMEDIES DEPENDING UPON THE HUMAN WILL

CHAP. 15. (6.)—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SNEEZING

CHAP. 16.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SEXUAL CONGRESS

CHAP. 17.—VARIOUS OTHER REMEDIES

CHAP. 18.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE URINE

CHAP. 19.—INDICATIONS OF HEALTH DERIVED FROM THE URINE

CHAP. 20. (7.)—FORTY-ONE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FEMALE SEX

CHAP. 21.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WOMAN’S MILK

CHAP. 22.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SPITTLE OF FEMALES

CHAP. 23.—FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE

CHAP. 24. (8.)—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM FOREIGN ANIMALS: THE ELEPHANT, EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 25.—TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE LION

CHAP. 26.—TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CAMEL

CHAP. 27.—SEVENTY-NINE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HYÆNA

CHAP. 28.—NINETEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CROCODILE

CHAP. 29.—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CHAMÆLEON

CHAP. 30.—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SCINCUS

CHAP. 31.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HIPPOPOTAMUS

CHAP. 32.—FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE LYNX

CHAP. 33. (9.)—REMEDIES FURNISHED IN COMMON BY ANIMALS OF THE SAME CLASS, WHETHER WILD OR TAME. FIFTY-FOUR MEDICINAL USES OF MILK, WITH OBSERVATIONS THEREON

CHAP. 34.—TWELVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CHEESE

CHAP. 35.—TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BUTTER

CHAP. 36.—OXYGALA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 37.—THE VARIOUS USES OF FAT AND OBSERVATIONS UPON IT, FIFTY-TWO IN NUMBER

CHAP. 38.—SUET

CHAP. 39.—MARROW

CHAP. 40.—GALL

CHAP. 41.—BLOOD

CHAP. 42.—PECULIAR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM VARIOUS ANIMALS, AND CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE MALADIES. REMEDIES AGAINST THE POISON OF SERPENTS, DERIVED FROM THE STAG, THE FAWN, THE OPHION, THE SHE-GOAT, THE KID, AND THE ASS

CHAP. 43.—REMEDIES FOR THE BITE OF THE MAD DOG. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CALF, THE HE-GOAT, AND VARIOUS OTHER ANIMALS

CHAP. 44.—REMEDIES TO BE ADOPTED AGAINST ENCHANTMENTS

CHAP. 45.—REMEDIES FOR POISONS

CHAP. 46. (11.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE HEAD, AND FOR ALOPECY

CHAP. 47.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE EYES

CHAP. 48.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES AND AFFECTIONS OF THE EARS

CHAP. 49.—REMEDIES FOR TOOTH-ACHE

CHAP. 50. (12.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE FACE

CHAP. 51.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE TONSILLARY GLANDS, AND FOR SCROFULA

CHAP. 52.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE NECK

CHAP. 53.—REMEDIES FOR COUGH AND FOR SPITTING OF BLOOD

CHAP. 54. (13.)—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH

CHAP. 55.—REMEDIES FOR LIVER COMPLAINTS AND FOR ASTHMA

CHAP. 56.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LOINS

CHAP. 57.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SPLEEN

CHAP. 58. (14.)—REMEDIES FOR BOWEL COMPLAINTS

CHAP. 59.—REMEDIES FOR TENESMUS, TAPEWORM, AND AFFECTIONS OF THE COLON

CHAP. 60. (15.)—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER, AND FOR URINARY CALCULI

CHAP. 61.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS AND OF THE FUNDAMENT

CHAP. 62. (16.)—REMEDIES FOR GOUT AND FOR DISEASES OF THE FEET

CHAP. 63.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY

CHAP. 64.—REMEDIES FOR JAUNDICE

CHAP. 65.—REMEDIES FOR BROKEN BONES

CHAP. 66.—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS

CHAP. 67. (17.)—REMEDIES FOR MELANCHOLY, LETHARGY, AND PHTHISIS

CHAP. 68.—REMEDIES FOR DROPSY

CHAP. 69.—REMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS, AND FOR PURULENT ERUPTIONS

CHAP. 70.—REMEDIES FOR SPRAINS, INDURATIONS, AND BOILS

CHAP. 71.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS. THE METHOD OF TESTING BULL-GLUE; SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT

CHAP. 72.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SINEWS AND FOR CONTUSIONS

CHAP. 73. (18.)—REMEDIES FOR HÆMORRHAGE

CHAP. 74.—REMEDIES FOR ULCERS AND CARCINOMATOUS SORES

CHAP. 75.—REMEDIES FOR THE ITCH

CHAP. 76.—METHODS OF EXTRACTING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES WHICH ADHERE TO THE BODY, AND OF RESTORING SCARS TO THEIR NATURAL COLOUR

CHAP. 77. (19.)—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE DISEASES

CHAP. 78.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS

CHAP. 79.—PROVOCATIVES OF SLEEP

CHAP. 80.—STIMULANTS FOR THE SEXUAL PASSIONS

CHAP. 81. (20.)—REMARKABLE FACTS RELATIVE TO ANIMALS

BOOK XXIX

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE ORIGIN OF THE MEDICAL ART

CHAP. 2.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO HIPPOCRATES. DATE OF THE ORIGINS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE AND OF THAT OF IATRALIPTICS

CHAP. 3.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO CHRYSIPPUS AND ERASISTRATUS

CHAP. 4.—THE EMPIRIC BRANCH OF MEDICINE

CHAP. 5.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO HEROPHILUS AND OTHER CELEBRATED PHYSICIANS. THE VARIOUS CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

CHAP. 6.—WHO FIRST PRACTISED AS A PHYSICIAN AT ROME, AND AT WHAT PERIOD

CHAP. 7.—THE OPINIONS ENTERTAINED BY THE ROMANS ON THE ANCIENT PHYSICIANS

CHAP. 8.—EVILS ATTENDANT UPON THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE

CHAP. 9.—THIRTY-FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WOOL

CHAP. 10.—THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WOOL-GREASE

CHAP. 11. (3.)—TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM EGGS

CHAP. 12.—SERPENTS’ EGGS

CHAP. 13.—THE METHOD OF PREPARING COMMAGENUM. FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT

CHAP. 14. (4.)—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE DOG

CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT MALADIES. REMEDIES FOR INJURIES INFLICTED BY SERPENTS. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MICE

CHAP. 16.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE WEASEL

CHAP. 17.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BUGS

CHAP. 18.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE ASP

CHAP. 19.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE BASILISK

CHAP. 20.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE DRAGON

CHAP. 21.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE VIPER

CHAP. 22.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE OTHER SERPENTS

CHAP. 23.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SALAMANDER

CHAP. 24.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BIRDS FOR INJURIES INFLICTED BY SERPENTS. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE VULTURE

CHAP. 25.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM POULTRY

CHAP. 26.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM OTHER BIRDS

CHAP. 27.—REMEDIES FOR THE BITE OF THE PHALANGIUM. THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF THAT INSECT, AND OF THE SPIDER

CHAP. 28.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE STELLIO OR SPOTTED LIZARD

CHAP. 29.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM VARIOUS INSECTS

CHAP. 30.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CANTHARIDES

CHAP. 31.—VARIOUS COUNTER-POISONS

CHAP. 32.—REMEDIES FOR THE BITE OF THE MAD DOG

CHAP. 33.—REMEDIES FOR THE OTHER POISONS

CHAP. 34. (6.)—REMEDIES FOR ALOPECY

CHAP. 35.—REMEDIES FOR LICE AND FOR PORRIGO

CHAP. 36.—REMEDIES FOR HEAD-ACHE AND FOR WOUNDS ON THE HEAD

CHAP. 37.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE EYELIDS

CHAP. 38.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EYES

CHAP. 39.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS AND DISEASES OF THE EARS

BOOK XXX

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE ORIGIN OF THE MAGIC ART

CHAP. 2.—WHEN AND WHERE THE ART OF MAGIC ORIGINATED: BY WHAT PERSONS IT WAS FIRST PRACTISED

CHAP. 3.—WHETHER MAGIC WAS EVER PRACTISED IN ITALY. AT WHAT PERIOD THE SENATE FIRST FORBADE HUMAN SACRIFICES

CHAP. 4.—THE DRUIDS OF THE GALLIC PROVINCES

CHAP. 5. (2.)—THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF MAGIC

CHAP. 6.—THE SUBTERFUGES PRACTISED BY THE MAGICIANS

CHAP. 7. (3.)—OPINIONS OF THE MAGICIANS RELATIVE TO THE MOLE. FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT

CHAP. 8.—THE OTHER REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES. REMEDIES FOR TOOTH-ACHE

CHAP. 9. (4.)—REMEDIES FOR OFFENSIVE ODOURS AND SORES OF THE MOUTH

CHAP. 10.—REMEDIES FOR SPOTS UPON THE FACE

CHAP. 11.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE THROAT

CHAP. 12.—REMEDIES FOR QUINZY AND SCROFULA

CHAP. 13.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SHOULDERS

CHAP. 14.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE VISCERA

CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE STOMACH

CHAP. 16.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LIVER, AND FOR SPITTING OF BLOOD

CHAP. 17.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SPLEEN

CHAP. 18.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE SIDE AND IN THE LOINS

CHAP. 19. (7.)—REMEDIES FOR DYSENTERY

CHAP. 20.—REMEDIES FOR THE ILIAC PASSION, AND FOR OTHER MALADIES OF THE BOWELS

CHAP. 21. (8.)—REMEDIES FOR URINARY CALCULI AND AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER

CHAP. 22.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE FUNDAMENT AND OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS

CHAP. 23. (9.)—REMEDIES FOR GOUT AND FOR DISEASES OF THE FEET

CHAP. 24. (10.)—REMEDIES FOR EVILS WHICH ARE LIABLE TO AFFECT THE WHOLE BODY

CHAP. 25.—REMEDIES FOR COLD SHIVERINGS

CHAP. 26.—REMEDIES FOR PARALYSIS

CHAP. 27.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY

CHAP. 28. (11.)—REMEDIES FOR JAUNDICE

CHAP. 29.—REMEDIES FOR PHRENITIS

CHAP. 30.—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS

CHAP. 31.—REMEDIES FOR DROPSY

CHAP. 32. (12.)—REMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS

CHAP. 33.—REMEDIES FOR CARBUNCLES

CHAP. 34.—REMEDIES FOR BOILS

CHAP. 35.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS

CHAP. 36.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SINEWS

CHAP. 37.—REMEDIES FOR MALADIES OF THE NAILS AND FINGERS

CHAP. 38. (13.)—METHODS FOR ARRESTING HÆMORRHAGE

CHAP. 39.—REMEDIES FOR ULCEROUS SORES AND WOUNDS

CHAP. 40.—REMEDIES FOR BROKEN BONES

CHAP. 41.—APPLICATIONS FOR CICATRIZATIONS, AND FOR THE CURE OF MORPHEW

CHAP. 42.—METHODS OF EXTRACTING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES FROM THE BODY

CHAP. 43. (14.)—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS

CHAP. 44.—METHODS OF FACILITATING DELIVERY

CHAP. 45.—METHODS OF PRESERVING THE BREASTS FROM INJURY

CHAP. 46.—VARIOUS KINDS OF DEPILATORIES

CHAP. 47.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS

CHAP. 48.—PROVOCATIVES OF SLEEP

CHAP. 49.—APHRODISIACS AND ANTAPHRODISIACS

CHAP. 50.—REMEDIES FOR PHTHIRIASIS, AND FOR VARIOUS OTHER AFFECTIONS

CHAP. 51.—REMEDIES FOR INTOXICATION

CHAP. 52.—PECULIARITIES RELATIVE TO CERTAIN ANIMALS

CHAP. 53. (16.)—OTHER MARVELLOUS FACTS CONNECTED WITH ANIMALS

BOOK XXXI

CHAP. 1. (1.)—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH WATER

CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES OF WATERS

CHAP. 3.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WATER

CHAP. 4.—WATERS PRODUCTIVE OF FECUNDITY. WATERS CURATIVE OF INSANITY

CHAP. 5.—WATERS REMEDIAL FOR URINARY CALCULI

CHAP. 6.—WATERS CURATIVE OF WOUNDS

CHAP. 7.—WATERS PREVENTIVE OF ABORTION

CHAP. 8.—WATERS WHICH REMOVE MORPHEW

CHAP. 9.—WATERS WHICH COLOUR THE HAIR

CHAP. 10.—WATERS WHICH COLOUR THE HUMAN BODY

CHAP. 11.—WATERS WHICH AID THE MEMORY, OR ARE PRODUCTIVE OF FORGETFULNESS

CHAP. 12.—WATERS WHICH SHARPEN OR DULL THE SENSES. WATERS WHICH IMPROVE THE VOICE

CHAP. 13.—WATERS WHICH CAUSE A DISTASTE FOR WINE. WATERS WHICH PRODUCE INEBRIETY

CHAP. 14.—WATERS WHICH SERVE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR OIL

CHAP. 15.—SALT AND BITTER WATERS

CHAP. 16.—WATERS WHICH THROW UP STONES. WATERS WHICH CAUSE LAUGHTER AND WEEPING. WATERS WHICH ARE SAID TO BE CURATIVE OF LOVE

CHAP. 17.—WATERS WHICH PRESERVE THEIR WARMTH FOR THREE DAYS

CHAP. 18.—OTHER MARVELLOUS FACTS CONNECTED WITH WATER. WATERS IN WHICH EVERYTHING WILL SINK. WATERS IN WHICH NOTHING WILL SINK

CHAP. 19.—DEADLY WATERS. POISONOUS FISHES

CHAP. 20.—WATERS WHICH PETRIFY, THEMSELVES, OR CAUSE OTHER OBJECTS TO PETRIFY

CHAP. 21. (3.)—THE WHOLESOMENESS OF WATERS

CHAP. 22.—THE IMPURITIES OF WATER

CHAP. 23.—THE MODES OF TESTING WATER

CHAP. 24.—THE MARCIAN WATERS

CHAP. 25.—THE VIRGIN WATERS

CHAP. 26.—THE METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR WATER

CHAP. 27.—SIGNS INDICATIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF WATER

CHAP. 28.—DIFFERENCES IN WATERS, ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE SOIL

CHAP. 29.—THE QUALITIES OF WATER AT THE DIFFERENT SEASONS OF THE YEAR

CHAP. 30.—HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS UPON WATERS WHICH HAVE SUDDENLY MADE THEIR APPEARANCE OR SUDDENLY CEASED

CHAP. 31. (6.)—THE METHOD OF CONVEYING WATER

CHAP. 32.—HOW MINERAL WATERS SHOULD BE USED

CHAP. 33.—THE USES OF SEA-WATER. THE ADVANTAGES OF A SEA-VOYAGE

CHAP. 34.—HOW ARTIFICIAL SEA-WATER MAY BE MADE IN PLACES AT A DISTANCE FROM THE SEA

CHAP. 35.—HOW THALASSOMELI IS MADE

CHAP. 36.—HOW HYDROMELI IS MADE

CHAP. 37.—METHODS OF PROVIDING AGAINST THE INCONVENIENCE OF DRINKING SUSPECTED WATER

CHAP. 38.—SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MOSS. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SAND

CHAP. 39. (7.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF SALT; THE METHODS OF PREPARING IT, AND THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. TWO HUNDRED AND FOUR OBSERVATIONS THEREUPON

CHAP. 40.—MURIA

CHAP. 41.—THE VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF SALT: ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY HISTORICAL REMARKS RELATIVE THERETO

CHAP. 42.—FLOWER OF SALT: TWENTY REMEDIES. SALSUGO: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 43.—GARUM: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 44.—ALEX: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 45. (9.)—THE NATURE OF SALT

CHAP. 46. (10.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF NITRUM, THE METHODS OF PREPARING IT, AND THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT: TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE OBSERVATIONS THEREON

CHAP. 47. (11.)—SPONGES, AND THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM: NINETY-TWO OBSERVATIONS THEREON

Volume VI

BOOK XXXII.1

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE POWER OF NATURE AS MANIFESTED IN ANTIPATHIES. THE ECHENEÏS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 2.—THE TORPEDO: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 3.—THE SEA HARE: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 4.—MARVELS OF THE RED SEA

CHAP. 5. (2.)—THE INSTINCTS OF FISHES

CHAP. 6.—MARVELLOUS PROPERTIES BELONGING TO CERTAIN FISHES

CHAP. 7.—PLACES WHERE FISH EAT FROM THE HAND

CHAP. 8.—PLACES WHERE FISH RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN VOICE. ORACULAR RESPONSES GIVEN BY FISH

CHAP. 9.—PLACES WHERE BITTER FISH ARE FOUND, SALT, OR SWEET

CHAP. 10.—WHEN SEA-FISH WERE FIRST EATEN BY THE PEOPLE OF ROME. THE ORDINANCE OF KING NUMA AS TO FISH

CHAP. 11.—CORAL: FORTY-THREE REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS

CHAP. 12.—THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES WHICH EXIST BETWEEN CERTAIN OBJECTS. THE HATREDS MANIFESTED BY CERTAIN AQUATIC ANIMALS. THE PASTINACA: EIGHT REMEDIES. THE GALEOS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES. THE SUR-MULLET: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 13. (3).—AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. CASTOREUM: SIXTY-SIX REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS

CHAP. 14. (4.)—THE TORTOISE: SIXTY-SIX REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS

CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC ANIMALS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES

CHAP. 16. (5.)—REMEDIES FOR POISONS, AND FOR NOXIOUS SPELLS. THE DORADE: FOUR REMEDIES. THE SEA-STAR: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 17.—REMEDIES FOR THE STINGS OF SERPENTS, FOR THE BITES OF DOGS, AND FOR INJURIES INFLICTED BY VENOMOUS ANIMALS. THE SEA-DRAGON: THREE REMEDIES. TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SALTED FISH. THE SARDA: ONE REMEDY. ELEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CYBIUM

CHAP. 18.—THE SEA-FROG: SIX REMEDIES. THE RIVER-FROG: FIFTY-TWO REMEDIES. THE BRAMBLE-FROG: ONE REMEDY. THIRTY-TWO OBSERVATIONS ON THESE ANIMALS

CHAP. 19.—THE ENHYDRIS: SIX REMEDIES. THE RIVER-CRAB: FOURTEEN REMEDIES. THE SEA-CRAB: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE RIVER-SNAIL: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE CORACINUS: FOUR REMEDIES. THE SEA-PIG: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 20.—THE SEA-CALF: TEN REMEDIES. THE MURÆNA: ONE REMEDY. THE HIPPOCAMPUS: NINE REMEDIES. THE SEA-URCHIN: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 21. (6.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF OYSTERS: FIFTY-EIGHT REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS. PURPLES: NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 22.—SEA-WEED: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 23. (7.)—REMEDIES FOR ALOPECY, CHANGE OF COLOUR IN THE HAIR, AND ULCERATIONS OF THE HEAD. THE SEA-MOUSE: TWO REMEDIES, THE SEA-SCORPION: TWELVE REMEDIES. THE LEECH: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE MUREX: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. THE CONCHYLIUM: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 24.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EYES AND EYELIDS. TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FAT OF FISHES. THE CALLIONYMUS: THREE REMEDIES. THE GALL OF THE CORACINUS: ONE REMEDY. THE SÆPIA: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES. ICHTHYOCOLLA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 25.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EARS. THE BATIA: ONE REMEDY. THE BACCHUS OR MYXON: TWO REMEDIES. THE SEA-LOUSE: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 26.—REMEDIES FOR TOOTH-ACHE. THE DOG-FISH: FOUR REMEDIES. WHALE’S FLESH

CHAP. 27.—REMEDIES FOR LICHENS, AND FOR SPOTS UPON THE FACE. THE DOLPHIN: NINE REMEDIES. COLUTHIA OR CORYPHIA: THREE REMEDIES. HALCYONEUM: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE TUNNY: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 28.—REMEDIES FOR SCROFULA, IMPOSTHUMES OF THE PAROTID GLANDS, QUINSY, AND DISEASES OF THE FAUCES. THE MÆNA: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. THE SEA-SCOLOPENDRA: TWO REMEDIES. THE SAURUS: ONE REMEDY. SHELL-FISH: ONE REMEDY. THE SILURUS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 29.—REMEDIES FOR COUGH AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST

CHAP. 30. (9.)—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LIVER AND SIDE. THE ELONGATED CONCH: SIX REMEDIES. THE TETHEA: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE BOWELS. SEA-WORT: ONE REMEDY. THE MYAX: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES. THE MITULUS: EIGHT REMEDIES. PELORIDES: ONE REMEDY. SERIPHUM: TWO REMEDIES. THE ERYTHINUS: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 32.—-REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN, FOR URINARY CALCULI, AND FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER. THE SOLE: ONE REMEDY. THE TURBOT: ONE REMEDY. THE BLENDIUS: ONE REMEDY. THE SEA-NETTLE: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE PULMO MARINUS: SIX REMEDIES. ONYCHES: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 33.—REMEDIES FOR INTESTINAL HERNIA, AND FOR DISEASES OF THE RECTUM. THE WATER-SNAKE: ONE REMEDY. THE HYDRUS: ONE REMEDY. THE MULLET: ONE REMEDY. THE PELAMIS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 34.—-REMEDIES FOR INFLAMED TUMOURS, AND FOR DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. THE SCIÆNA: ONE REMEDY. THE PERCH: FOUR REMEDIES. THE SQUATINA: THREE REMEDIES. THE SMARIS: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—REMEDIES FOR INCONTINENCE OF URINE. THE OPHIDION: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 36.—REMEDIES FOR GOUT, AND FOR PAINS IN THE FEET. THE BEAVER: FOUR REMEDIES. BRYON: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 37.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY

CHAP. 38. (10.)—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS. THE FISH CALLED ASELLUS: ONE REMEDY. THE PHAGRUS: ONE REMEDY. THE BALÆNA: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 39.—REMEDIES FOR LETHARGY, CACHEXY, AND DROPSY

CHAP. 40.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS AND FOR ERYSIPELAS

CHAP. 41.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SINEWS

CHAP. 42.—METHODS OF ARRESTING HÆMORRHAGE AND OF LETTING BLOOD. THE POLYP: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 43.—METHODS OF EXTRACTING FOREIGN BODIES FROM THE FLESH

CHAP. 44.—REMEDIES FOR ULCERS, CARCINOMATA, AND CARBUNCLES

CHAP. 45.—REMEDIES FOR WARTS, AND FOR MALFORMED NAILS. THE GLANIS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 46.—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE DISEASES. THE GLAUCISCUS: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 47.—METHODS OF REMOVING SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. DEPILATORIES

CHAP. 48.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS

CHAP. 49.—METHODS OF PREVENTING INTOXICATION. THE FISH CALLED RUBELLIO: ONE REMEDY. THE EEL: ONE REMEDY. THE GRAPE-FISH: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 50.—ANTAPHRODISIACS AND APHRODISIACS. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS: ONE REMEDY. THE CROCODILE: ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 51.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF ANIMALS

CHAP. 52.—OTHER AQUATIC PRODUCTIONS. ADARCA OR CALAMOCHNOS: THREE REMEDIES. REEDS: EIGHT REMEDIES. THE INK OF THE SÆPIA

CHAP. 53. (11.)—THE NAMES OF ALL THE ANIMALS THAT EXIST IN THE SEA, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX IN NUMBER

CHAP. 54.—ADDITIONAL NAMES OF FISHES FOUND IN THE POEM OF OVID

BOOK XXXIII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—METALS

CHAP. 2.—GOLD

CHAP. 3.—WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION OF GOLD

CHAP. 4.—THE ORIGIN OF GOLD RINGS

CHAP. 5.—THE QUANTITY OF GOLD POSSESSED BY THE ANCIENTS

CHAP. 6.—THE RIGHT OF WEARING GOLD RINGS

CHAP. 7.—THE DECURIES OF THE JUDGES

CHAP. 8.—PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER

CHAP. 9.—HOW OFTEN THE NAME OF THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER HAS BEEN CHANGED

CHAP. 10.—GIFTS FOR MILITARY SERVICES, IN GOLD AND SILVER

CHAP. 11.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE FIRST CROWN OF GOLD WAS PRESENTED

CHAP. 12. (3.)—OTHER USES MADE OF GOLD, BY FEMALES

CHAP. 13.—COINS OF GOLD. AT WHAT PERIODS COPPER, GOLD, AND SILVER WERE FIRST IMPRESSED. HOW COPPER WAS USED BEFORE GOLD AND SILVER WERE COINED. WHAT WAS THE LARGEST SUM OF MONEY POSSESSED BY ANY ONE AT THE TIME OF OUR FIRST CENSUS. HOW OFTEN, AND AT WHAT PERIODS, THE VALUE OF COPPER AND OF COINED MONEY HAS BEEN CHANGED

CHAP. 14.—CONSIDERATIONS ON MAN’S CUPIDITY FOR GOLD

CHAP. 15.—THE PERSONS WHO HAVE POSSESSED THE GREATEST QUANTITY OF GOLD AND SILVER

CHAP. 16.—AT WHAT PERIOD SILVER FIRST MADE ITS APPEARANCE UPON THE ARENA AND UPON THE STAGE

CHAP. 17.—AT WHAT PERIODS THERE WAS THE GREATEST QUANTITY OF GOLD AND SILVER IN THE TREASURY OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE

CHAP. 18.—AT WHAT PERIOD CEILINGS WERE FIRST GILDED

CHAP. 19.—FOR WHAT REASONS THE HIGHEST VALUE IS SET UPON GOLD

CHAP. 20.—THE METHOD OF GILDING

CHAP. 21. (4.)—HOW GOLD IS FOUND

CHAP. 22.—ORPIMENT

CHAP. 23.—ELECTRUM

CHAP. 24.—THE FIRST STATUES OF GOLD

CHAP. 25.—EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED FROM GOLD

CHAP. 26. (5.)—CHRYSOCOLLA

CHAP. 27.—THE USE MADE OF CHRYSOCOLLA IN PAINTING

CHAP. 28.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CHRYSOCOLLA

CHAP. 29.—THE CHRYSOCOLLA OF THE GOLDSMITHS, KNOWN ALSO AS SANTERNA

CHAP. 30.—THE MARVELLOUS OPERATIONS OF NATURE IN SOLDERING METALLIC SUBSTANCES, AND BRINGING THEM TO A STATE OF PERFECTION

CHAP. 31. (6.)—SILVER

CHAP. 32.—QUICKSILVER

CHAP. 33.—STIMMI, STIBI, ALABASTRUM, LARBASIS, OR PLATYOPHTHALMON

CHAP. 34.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED PROM STIMMI

CHAP. 35.—THE SCORIA OF SILVER. SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT

CHAP. 36. (7.)—MINIUM: FOR WHAT RELIGIOUS PURPOSES IT WAS USED BY THE ANCIENTS

CHAP. 37.—THE DISCOVERY AND ORIGIN OF MINIUM

CHAP. 38.—CINNABARIS

CHAP. 39.—THE EMPLOYMENT OF CINNABARIS IN PAINTING

CHAP. 40.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MINIUM. THE USE MADE OF IT IN PAINTING

CHAP. 41. (8.)—HYDRARGYROS. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MINIUM

CHAP. 42.—THE METHOD OF GILDING SILVER

CHAP. 43.—TOUCHSTONES FOR TESTING GOLD

CHAP. 44.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SILVER, AND THE MODES OF TESTING IT

CHAP. 45. (9.)—MIRRORS

CHAP. 46.—EGYPTIAN SILVER

CHAP. 47. (10.)—INSTANCES OF IMMENSE WEALTH. PERSONS WHO HAVE POSSESSED THE GREATEST SUMS OF MONEY

CHAP. 48.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE ROMAN PEOPLE FIRST MADE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

CHAP. 49. (11.)—INSTANCES OF LUXURY IN SILVER PLATE

CHAP. 50.—INSTANCES OF THE FRUGALITY OF THE ANCIENTS IN REFERENCE TO SILVER PLATE

CHAP. 51.—AT WHAT PERIOD SILVER WAS FIRST USED AS AN ORNAMENT FOR COUCHES

CHAP. 52.—AT WHAT PERIOD SILVER CHARGERS OF ENORMOUS SIZE WERE FIRST MADE. WHEN SILVER WAS FIRST USED AS A MATERIAL FOR SIDEBOARDS. WHEN THE SIDEBOARDS CALLED TYMPANA WERE FIRST INTRODUCED

CHAP. 53.—THE ENORMOUS PRICE OF SILVER PLATE

CHAP. 54. (12.)—STATUES OF SILVER

CHAP. 55.—THE MOST REMARKABLE WORKS IN SILVER, AND THE NAMES OF THE MOST FAMOUS ARTISTS IN SILVER

CHAP. 56.—SIL: THE PERSONS WHO FIRST USED IT IN PAINTING, AND THE METHOD THEY ADOPTED

CHAP. 57. (13.)—CÆRULEUM

CHAP. 58.—TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CÆRULEUM

BOOK XXXIV

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE ORES OF BRASS.1215

CHAP. 2.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COPPER

CHAP. 3.—THE CORINTHIAN BRASS

CHAP. 4.—THE DELIAN BRASS

CHAP. 5.—THE ÆGINETAN BRASS

CHAP. 6. (3.)—STANDS FOR LAMPS

CHAP. 7.—ORNAMENTS OF THE TEMPLES MADE OF BRASS

CHAP. 8.—COUCHES OF BRASS

CHAP. 9. (4.)—WHICH WAS THE FIRST STATUE OF A GOD MADE OF BRASS AT ROME. THE ORIGIN OF STATUES, AND THE RESPECT PAID TO THEM

CHAP. 10. (5.)—THE DIFFERENT KINDS AND FORMS OF STATUES. STATUES AT ROME WITH CUIRASSES

CHAP. 11.—IN HONOUR OF WHOM PUBLIC STATUES WERE FIRST ERECTED: IN HONOUR OF WHOM THEY WERE FIRST PLACED ON PILLARS: WHEN THE ROSTRA WERE FIRST ERECTED

CHAP. 12.—IN HONOUR OF WHAT FOREIGNERS PUBLIC STATUES WERE ERECTED AT ROME

CHAP. 13.—THE FIRST EQUESTRIAN STATUES PUBLICLY ERECTED AT ROME, AND IN HONOUR OF WHAT FEMALES STATUES WERE PUBLICLY ERECTED THERE

CHAP. 14.—AT WHAT PERIOD ALL THE STATUES ERECTED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WERE REMOVED FROM THE PUBLIC PLACES

CHAP. 15.—THE FIRST STATUES PUBLICLY ERECTED BY FOREIGNERS

CHAP. 16. (7.)—THAT THERE WERE STATUARIES IN ITALY ALSO AT AN EARLY PERIOD

CHAP. 17.—THE IMMODERATE PRICES OF STATUES

CHAP. 18.—THE MOST CELEBRATED COLOSSAL STATUES IN THE CITY

CHAP. 19.—AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS IN BRASS, AND OF THE ARTISTS, 366 IN NUMBER

CHAP. 20.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF COPPER AND ITS COMBINATIONS. PYROPUS. CAMPANIAN COPPER

CHAP. 21.—THE METHOD OF PRESERVING COPPER

CHAP. 22. (10.)—CADMIA

CHAP. 23.—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CADMIA. TEN MEDICINAL EFFECTS OF CALCINED COPPER

CHAP. 24. (11.)—THE SCORIA OF COPPER

CHAP. 25.—STOMOMA OF COPPER; FORTY-SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 26.—VERDIGRIS; EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 27.—HIERACIUM

CHAP. 28. (12.)—SCOLEX OF COPPER; EIGHTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 29.—CHALCITIS: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 30.—SORY: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—MISY: THIRTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 32.—CHALCANTHUM, OR SHOEMAKERS’ BLACK: SIXTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 33. (13.)—POMPHOLYX

CHAP. 34.—SPODOS: FIVE REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—FIFTEEN VARIETIES OF ANTISPODOS

CHAP. 36.—SMEGMA

CHAP. 37.—DIPHRYX

CHAP. 38.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE SERVILIAN TRIENS

CHAP. 39 (14).—IRON ORES

CHAP. 40.—STATUES OF IRON; CHASED WORKS IN IRON

CHAP. 41.—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF IRON, AND THE MODE OF TEMPERING IT

CHAP. 42.—THE METAL CALLED LIVE IRON

CHAP. 43. (15.)—METHODS OE PREVENTING RUST

CHAP. 44.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IRON

CHAP. 45.—FOURTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM RUST

CHAP. 46.—SEVENTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SCALES OF IRON. HYGREMPLASTRUM

CHAP. 47. (16.)—THE ORES OF LEAD

CHAP. 48. (17.)—STANNUM. ARGENTARIUM

CHAP. 49.—BLACK LEAD

CHAP. 50. (18.)—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LEAD

CHAP. 51.—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SCORIA OF LEAD

CHAP. 52.—SPODIUM OF LEAD

CHAP. 53.—MOLYBDÆNA: FIFTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 54.—PSIMITHIUM, OR CERUSE; SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 55.—SANDARACH; ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 56.—ARRHENICUM

BOOK XXXV

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE HONOUR ATTACHED TO PAINTING

CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE HONOUR ATTACHED TO PORTRAITS

CHAP. 3. (3.)—WHEN SHIELDS WERE FIRST INVENTED WITH PORTRAITS UPON THEM; AND WHEN THEY WERE FIRST ERECTED IN PUBLIC

CHAP. 4.—WHEN THESE SHIELDS WERE FIRST PLACED IN PRIVATE HOUSES

CHAP. 5.—THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ART OF PAINTING. MONOCHROME PAINTINGS. THE EARLIEST PAINTERS

CHAP. 6.—THE ANTIQUITY OF PAINTING IN ITALY

CHAP. 7. (4.)—ROMAN PAINTERS

CHAP. 8.—AT WHAT PERIOD FOREIGN PAINTINGS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED AT ROME

CHAP. 9.—AT WHAT PERIOD PAINTING WAS FIRST HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM AT ROME, AND FROM WHAT CAUSES

CHAP. 10.—WHAT PICTURES THE EMPERORS HAVE EXHIBITED IN PUBLIC

CHAP. 11. (5.)—THE ART OF PAINTING

CHAP. 12. (6.)—PIGMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE OF A METALLIC ORIGIN. ARTIFICIAL COLOURS

CHAP. 13.—SINOPIS: ELEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 14.—RUBRICA; LEMNIAN EARTH: FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 15.—EGYPTIAN EARTH

CHAP. 16.—OCHRA: REMEDIES DERIVED FROM RUBRICA

CHAP. 17.—LEUCOPHORON

CHAP. 18.—PARÆTONIUM

CHAP. 19.—MELINUM: SIX REMEDIES. CERUSE

CHAP. 20.—USTA

CHAP. 21.—ERETRIA

CHAP. 22.—SANDARACH

CHAP. 23.—SANDYX

CHAP. 24.—SYRICUM

CHAP. 25.—ATRAMENTUM

CHAP. 26.—PURPURISSUM

CHAP. 27.—INDICUM

CHAP. 28.—ARMENIUM; ONE REMEDY

CHAP. 29.—APPIANUM

CHAP. 30.—ANULARIAN WHITE

CHAP. 31. (7.)—WHICH COLOURS DO NOT ADMIT OF BEING LAID ON A WET COATING

CHAP. 32.—WHAT COLOURS WERE USED BY THE ANCIENTS IN PAINTING

CHAP. 33.—AT WHAT TIME COMBATS OF GLADIATORS WERE FIRST PAINTED AND PUBLICLY EXHIBITED

CHAP. 34. (8.)—THE AGE OF PAINTING; WITH THE NAMES OF THE MORE CELEBRATED WORKS AND ARTISTS, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIVE IN NUMBER

CHAP. 35. (9.)—THE FIRST CONTEST FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE PICTORIAL ART

CHAP. 36.—ARTISTS WHO PAINTED WITH THE PENCIL

CHAP. 37.—VARIOUS OTHER KINDS OF PAINTING

CHAP. 38. (11.)—AN EFFECTUAL WAY OF PUTTING A STOP TO THE SINGING OF BIRDS

CHAP. 39.—ARTISTS WHO HAVE PAINTED IN ENCAUSTICS OR WAX, WITH EITHER THE CESTRUM OR THE PENCIL

CHAP. 40.—THE FIRST INVENTORS OF VARIOUS KINDS OF PAINTING. THE GREATEST DIFFICULTIES IN THE ART OF PAINTING. THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF PAINTING. THE FIRST ARTIST THAT PAINTED CEILINGS. WHEN ARCHED ROOFS WERE FIRST PAINTED. THE MARVELLOUS PRICE OF SOME PICTURES

CHAP. 41.—ENCAUSTIC PAINTING

CHAP. 42.—THE COLOURING OF TISSUES

CHAP. 43. (12.)—THE INVENTORS OF THE ART OF MODELLING

CHAP. 44.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO MOULD FIGURES IN IMITATION OF THE FEATURES OF LIVING PERSONS, OR OF STATUES

CHAP. 45.—THE MOST FAMOUS MODELLERS

CHAP. 46.—WORKS IN POTTERY

CHAP. 47. (13.)—VARIOUS KINDS OF EARTH, THE PUTEOLAN DUST, AND OTHER EARTHS OF WHICH CEMENTS LIKE STONE ARE MADE

CHAP. 48. (14.)—FORMACEAN WALLS

CHAP. 49.—WALLS OF BRICK. THE METHOD OF MAKING BRICKS

CHAP. 50. (15.)—SULPHUR, AND THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT: FOURTEEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 51.—BITUMEN, AND THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT; TWENTY-SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 52.—ALUMEN, AND THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT; THIRTY-EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 53. (16.)—SAMIAN EARTH: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 54.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF ERETRIA

CHAP. 55.—THE METHOD OF WASHING EARTHS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES

CHAP. 56.—CHIAN EARTH; THREE REMEDIES. SELINUSIAN EARTH; THREE REMEDIES. PNIGITIS; NINE REMEDIES. AMPELITIS; FOUR REMEDIES

CHAP. 57. (17.)—CRETACEOUS EARTHS USER FOR SCOURING CLOTH. CIMOLIAN EARTH; NINE REMEDIES. SARDINIAN EARTH. UMBRIAN EARTH. SAXUM

CHAP. 58.—ARGENTARIA. NAMES OF FREEDMEN WHO HAVE EITHER RISEN TO POWER THEMSELVES, OR HAVE BELONGED TO MEN OF INFLUENCE

CHAP. 59. (19.)—THE EARTH OF GALATA; OF CLYPEA; OF THE BALEARES; AND OF EBUSUS

BOOK XXXVI

CHAP. 1. (1.)—LUXURY DISPLAYED IN THE USE OF VARIOUS KINDS OF MARBLE

CHAP. 2.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO EMPLOY MARBLE IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS

CHAP. 3. (3.)—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO ERECT COLUMNS OF FOREIGN MARBLE AT ROME

CHAP. 4. (4.)—THE FIRST ARTISTS WHO EXCELLED IN THE SCULPTURE OF MARBLE, AND THE VARIOUS PERIODS AT WHICH THEY FLOURISHED. THE MAUSOLEUM IN CARIA. THE MOST CELEBRATED SCULPTORS AND WORKS IN MARBLE, TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE IN NUMBER

CHAP. 5. (6.)—AT WHAT PERIOD MARBLE WAS FIRST USED IN BUILDINGS

CHAP. 6.—WHO WERE THE FIRST TO CUT MARBLE INTO SLABS, AND AT WHAT PERIOD

CHAP. 7.—WHO WAS THE FIRST TO ENCRUST THE WALLS OF HOUSES AT ROME WITH MARBLE

CHAP. 8.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE VARIOUS KINDS OF MARBLE CAME INTO USE AT ROME

CHAP. 9.—THE METHOD OF CUTTING MARBLE INTO SLABS. THE SAND USED IN CUTTING MARBLE

CHAP. 10. (7.)—STONE OF NAXOS. STONE OF ARMENIA

CHAP. 11.—THE MARBLES OF ALEXANDRIA

CHAP. 12.—ONYX AND ALABASTRITES; SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 13.—LYGDINUS; CORALLITIC STONE; STONE OF ALABANDA; STONE OF THEBAIS; STONE OF SYENE

CHAP. 14.—OBELISKS

CHAP. 15. (10.)—THE OBELISK WHICH SERVES AS A DIAL IN THE CAMPUS MARTIUS

CHAP. 16. (12.)—MARVELLOUS WORKS IN EGYPT. THE PYRAMIDS

CHAP. 17.—THE EGYPTIAN SPHINX

CHAP. 18.—THE PHAROS

CHAP. 19. (13.)—LABYRINTHS

CHAP. 20.—HANGING GARDENS. A HANGING CITY

CHAP. 21. (14.)—THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS

CHAP. 22. (15.)—MARVELS CONNECTED WITH OTHER TEMPLES

CHAP. 23.—THE FUGITIVE STONE. THE SEVEN-FOLD ECHO. BUILDINGS ERECTED WITHOUT THE USE OF NAILS

CHAP. 24.—MARVELLOUS BUILDINGS AT ROME, EIGHTEEN IN NUMBER

CHAP. 25. (16.)—THE MAGNET: THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 26.—STONE OF SCYROS

CHAP. 27. (17.)—SARCOPHAGUS, OR STONE OF ASSOS: TEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 28.—CHERNITES

CHAP. 29. (18.)—OSSEOUS STONES. PALM STONES. CORANI. BLACK STONES

CHAP. 30.—MOLAR STONES. PYRITES; SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 31.—OSTRACITES; FOUR REMEDIES. AMIANTHUS; TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 32.—GEODES; THREE REMEDIES

CHAP. 33.—MELITINUS; SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 34.—GAGATES: SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 35.—SPONGITES: TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 36.—PHRYGIAN STONE

CHAP. 37. (20.)—HÆMATITES: FIVE REMEDIES. SCHISTOS: SEVEN REMEDIES

CHAP. 38.—ÆTHIOPIC HÆMATITES. ANDRODAMAS; TWO REMEDIES. ARABIAN HÆMATITES. MILTITES OR HEPATITES. ANTHRACITES

CHAP. 39. (21)—AËTITES. TAPHIUSIAN STONE. CALLIMUS

CHAP. 40.—SAMIAN STONE: EIGHT REMEDIES

CHAP. 41.—ARABIAN STONE; SIX REMEDIES

CHAP. 42.—PUMICE; NINE REMEDIES

CHAP. 43. (22.)—STONES FOR MORTARS USED FOR MEDICINAL AND OTHER PURPOSES. ETESIAN STONE. THEBAIC STONE. CHALAZIAN STONE

CHAP. 44.—STONE OF SIPHNOS. SOFT STONES

CHAP. 45.—SPECULAR STONES

CHAP. 46.—PHENGITES

CHAP. 47.—WHETSTONES

CHAP. 48.—TOPHUS

CHAP. 49.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF SILEX

CHAP. 50.—OTHER STONES USED FOR BUILDING

CHAP. 51.—THE VARIOUS METHODS OF BUILDING

CHAP. 52. (23.)—CISTERNS

CHAP. 53.—QUICK-LIME

CHAP. 54.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF SAND. THE COMBINATIONS OF SAND WITH LIME

CHAP. 55.—DEFECTS IN BUILDING. PLASTERS FOR WALLS

CHAP. 56.—COLUMNS. THE SEVERAL KINDS OF COLUMNS

CHAP. 57. (24.)—FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIME

CHAP. 58.—MALTHA

CHAP. 59.—GYPSUM

CHAP. 60. (25.)—PAVEMENTS. THE ASAROTOS ŒCOS

CHAP. 61.—THE FIRST PAVEMENTS IN USE AT ROME

CHAP. 62.—TERRACE-ROOF PAVEMENTS

CHAP. 63.—GRÆCANIC PAVEMENTS

CHAP. 64.—AT WHAT PERIOD MOSAIC PAVEMENTS WERE FIRST INVENTED. AT WHAT PERIOD ARCHED ROOFS WERE FIRST DECORATED WITH GLASS

CHAP. 65. (26.)—THE ORIGIN OF GLASS

CHAP. 66.—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF GLASS, AND THE MODE OF MAKING IT

CHAP. 67.—OBSIAN GLASS AND OBSIAN STONE

CHAP. 68. (27.)—MARVELLOUS FACTS CONNECTED WITH FIRE

CHAP. 69.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM FIRE AND FROM ASHES

CHAP. 70.—PRODIGIES CONNECTED WITH THE HEARTH

BOOK XXXVII

CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE FIRST USE OF PRECIOUS STONES

CHAP. 2.—THE JEWEL OF POLYCRATES

CHAP. 3.—THE JEWEL OF PYRRHUS

CHAP. 4.—WHO WERE THE MOST SKILFUL LAPIDARIES. THE FINEST SPECIMENS OF ENGRAVING ON PRECIOUS STONES

CHAP. 5.—THE FIRST DACTYLIOTHECÆ AT ROME

CHAP. 6.—JEWELS DISPLAYED AT ROME IN THE TRIUMPH OF POMPEIUS MAGNUS

CHAP. 7.—AT WHAT PERIOD MURRHINE VESSELS WERE FIRST INTRODUCED AT ROME. INSTANCES OF LUXURY IN REFERENCE TO THEM

CHAP. 8.—THE NATURE OF MURRHINE VESSELS

CHAP. 9—THE NATURE OF CRYSTAL

CHAP. 10.—LUXURY DISPLAYED IN THE USE OF CRYSTAL. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CRYSTAL

CHAP. 11.—AMBER: THE MANY FALSEHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT IT

CHAP. 12.—THE SEVERAL KINDS OF AMBER: THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT

CHAP. 13.—LYNCURUIM: TWO ASSERTED REMEDIES

CHAP. 14.—THE VARIOUS PRECIOUS STONES, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR PRINCIPAL COLOURS

CHAP. 15. (4.)—ADAMAS: SIX VARIETIES OF IT. TWO REMEDIES

CHAP. 16.—-SMARAGDUS

CHAP. 17.—TWELVE VARIETIES OF THE SMARAGDUS

CHAP. 18.—DEFECTS IN THE SMARAGDUS

CHAP. 19.—THE PRECIOUS STONE CALLED TANOS. CHALCOSMARAGDOS

CHAP. 20.—BERYLS: EIGHT VARIETIES OF THEM. DEFECTS IN BERYLS

CHAP. 21. (6.)—OPALS: SEVEN VARIETIES OF THEM

CHAP. 22.—DEFECTS IN OPALS: THE MODES OF TESTING THEM

CHAP. 23.—SARDONYX; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT. DEFECTS IN THE SARDONYX

CHAP. 24.—ONYX: THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 25. (7.)—CARBUNCULUS: TWELVE VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 26.—DEFECTS IN CARBUNCULUS, AND THE MODE OF TESTING IT

CHAP. 27.—AHTHRACITIS.3093

CHAP. 28.—SANDASTROS. SANDARESOS

CHAP. 29.—LYCHNIS: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 30.—CARCHEDONIA

CHAP. 31.—SARDA: FIVE VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 32. (8.)—TOPAZOS: TWO VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 33.—CALLAINA

CHAP. 34.—PRASIUS; THREE VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 35.—NILION

CHAP. 36.—MOLOCHITIS

CHAP. 37.—IASPIS; FOURTEEN VARIETIES OF IT. DEFECTS FOUND IN IASPIS

CHAP. 38.—CYANOS; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 39.—SAPPHIROS

CHAP. 40.—AMETHYSTOS; FOUR VARIETIES OF IT. SOCONDION. SAPENOS. PHARANITIS. APHRODITES BLEPHARON, ANTEROS, OR PÆDEROS

CHAP. 41.—HYACINTHOS

CHAP. 42.—CHRYSOLITHOS: SEVEN VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 43.—CHRYSELECTRUM

CHAP. 44.—LEUCOCHRYSOS: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 45.—MELICHRYSOS. XUTHON

CHAP. 46.—PÆDEROS, SANGENON, OR TENITES

CHAP. 47.—ASTERIA

CHAP. 48.—ASTRION

CHAP. 49.—ASTRIOTES

CHAP. 50.—ASTROBOLOS

CHAP. 51.—CERAUNIA; FOUR VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 52.—IRIS; TWO VARIETIES OF IT

CHAP. 53.—LEROS

CHAP. 54.—ACHATES; THE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF IT. ACOPOS; THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. ALABASTRITIS; THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. ALECTORIA. ANDRODAMAS. ARGYRODAMAS. ANTIPATHES. ARABICA. AROMATITIS. ASBESTOS. ASPISATIS. ATIZÖE. AUGETIS. AMPHIDANES OR CHRYSOCOLLA. APHRODISIACA. APSYCTOS. ÆGYPTILLA

CHAP. 55.—BALANITES. BATRACHITIS. BAPTES. BELI OCULUS. BELUS. BAROPTENUS OR BARIPPE. BOTRYITIS. BOSTRYCHITIS. BUCARDIA. BRONTEA. BOLOS

CHAP. 56.—CADMITIS. CALLAIS. CAPNITIS. CAPPADOCIA. CALLAICA. CATOCHITIS. CATOPTRITIS. CEPITIS OR CEPOLATITIS. CERAMITIS. CINÆDIA. CERITIS. CIRCOS. CORSOÏDES. CORALLOACHATES. CORALLIS. CRATERITIS. CROCALLIS. CYITIS. CHALCOPHONOS. CHELIDONIA. CHELONIA. CHELONITIS. CHLORITIS. CHOASPITIS. CHRYSOLAMPIS. CHRYSOPIS. CEPONIDES

CHAP. 57.—DAPHNEA. DIADOCHOS. DIPHYES. DIONYSIAS. DRACONITIS

CHAP. 58.—ENCARDIA OR ARISTE. ENORCHIS. EXEBENUS. ERYTHALLIS. EROTYLOS. AMPHICOMOS, OR HIEROMNEMON. EUMECES. EUMITHRES. EUPETALOS. EUREOS. EUROTIAS. EUSEBES. EPIMELAS

CHAP. 59.—GALAXIAS. GALACTITIS, LEUCOGÆA, LEUCOGRAPHITIS, OR SYNNEPHITIS. GALLAICA. GASSINADE. GLOSSOPETRA. GORGONIA. GONIÆA

CHAP. 60.—HELIOTROPIUM. HEPHÆSTITIS. HERMUAIDOION. HEXECONTALITHOS. HIERACITIS. HAMMITIS. HAMMONIS CORNU. HORMISCION. HYÆNIA. HÆMATITIS

CHAP. 61.—IDÆI DACTYLI. ICTERIAS. JOVIS GEMMA. INDICA. ION

CHAP. 62.—LEPIDOTIS. LESBIAS. LEUCOPHTHALMOS. LEUCOPŒCILOS. LIBANOCHRUS. LIMONIATIS. LIPAREA. LYSIMACHOS. LEUCOCHRYSOS

CHAP. 63.—MEMNONIA. MEDIA. MECONITIS. MITHRAX. MOROCHTHOS. MORMORION OR PROMNION. MURRHITIS. MYRMECIAS. MYRSINITIS. MESOLEUCOS. MESOMELAS

CHAP. 64.—NASAMONITIS. NEBRITIS. NIPPARENE

CHAP. 65.—OICA. OMBRIA OR NOTIA. ONOCARDIA. ORITIS OR SIDERITIS. OSTRACIAS. OSTRITIS. OPHICARDELON. OBSIAN STONE

CHAP. 66.—PANCHRUS. PANGONUS. PANEROS OR PANERASTOS. PONTICA; FOUR VARIETIES OF IT. PHLOGINOS OR CHRYSITIS. PHŒNICITIS. PHYCITIS. PERILEUCOS. PÆNITIS OR GÆANIS

CHAP. 67.—SOLIS GEMMA. SAGDA. SAMOTHRACIA. SAURITIS. SARCITIS. SELENITIS. SIDERITIS. SIDEROPŒCILOS. SPONGITIS. SYNODONTITIS. SYRTITIS. SYRINGITIS

CHAP. 68.—TRICHRUS. THELYRRHIZOS. THELYCARDIOS OR MULC. THRACIA; THREE VARIETIES OF IT. TEPHRITIS. TECOLITHOS

CHAP. 69.—VENERIS CRINES. VEIENTANA

CHAP. 70.—ZATHENE. ZMILAMPIS. ZORANISCÆA

CHAP. 71. (11.)—PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY. HEPATITIS. STEATITIS. ADADUNEPHROS. ADADUOPHTHALMOS. ADADUDACTYLOS. TRIOPHTHALMOS

CHAP. 72.—PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES FROM ANIMALS. CARCINIAS. ECHITIS. SCORPITIS. SCARITIS. TRIGLITIS. ÆGOPHTHALMOS. HYOPHTHALMOS. GERANITIS. HIERACITIS. AETITIS. MYRMECITIS. CANTHARIAS. LYCOPHTHALMOS. TAOS. TIMICTONIA

CHAP. 73.—PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES PROM OTHER OBJECTS. HAMMOCHRYSOS. CENCHRITIS. DRYITIS. CISSITIS. NARCISSITIS. CYAMIAS. PYREN. PHŒNICITIS. CHALAZIAS. PYRITIS. POLYZONOS. ASTRAPÆA. PHLOGITIS. ANTHRACITIS. ENHYGROS. POLYTHRIX. LEONTIOS. PARDALIOS. DROSOLITHOS. MELICHRUS. MELICHLOROS. CROCIAS. POLIAS. SPARTOPOLIAS. RHODITIS. CHALCITIS. SYCITIS. BOSTRYCHITIS. CHERNITIS. ANANCITIS. SYNOCHITIS. DENDRITIS

CHAP. 74. (12.)—PRECIOUS STONES THAT SUDDENLY MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE. COCHLIDES

CHAP. 75.—THE VARIOUS FORMS OF PRECIOUS STONES

CHAP. 76. (13.)—THE METHODS OF TESTING PRECIOUS STONES

CHAP. 77.—A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF NATURE AS SHE APPEARS IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. THE COMPARATIVE VALUES OF THINGS

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Pliny the Elder

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BOOK V.

CHAP. 1.—THE TWO MAURITANIAS.

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