De Medicina |
Translator: Walter George Spencer
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Adurunt auripigmentum , atramentum sutorium , chalcitis , misy , aerugo , calx , charta combusta , sal , squama aeris , faex combusta , murra , stercus et lacerti et columbae et palumbi et hirundinis , piper , coccum Cnidium , alium , diphryges , lac utrumque , quod proxime comprehensum est , ueratrum et album et nigrum , cantharides , corallium , pyrethrum , tus , salamandra , eruca , sandaraca , uua t aminia , chrysocolla , ochra , alumen scissile , ouillum stercus , oenanthe .
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8 The following are caustics: orpiment, blacking, copper ore, antimony sulphide, verdigris, lime, burnt papyrus-ash, salt, copper scales, burnt wine-lees, myrrh, dung of lizard and pigeon and wood pigeon and swallow, pepper, Cnidian berry, garlic, slag, both the milks mentioned in the previous chapter, hellebore both white and black, cantharides, coral, pyrethrum, frankincense, salamander-ash, rocket, sandarach, black bryony berries, chrysocolla, ochre, split alum, sheep's dung, vine-flower buds. |
| 114 |
Eadem fere crustas ulceribus tamquam igne adustis inducunt , sed praecipue chalcitis , utique si cocta est , flos aeris , aerugo , auripigmentum , misy , et id quo que magis coctum .
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9 The foregoing generally induce scabs on ulcerations almost as when burnt by a cautery, but most of all copper ore — especially after being heated — copper flowers, verdigris, orpiment, antimony sulphide, and that also more after being heated. |
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Crustas uero has resoluit farina triticea cum ruta uel porro , aut lenticula , cui mellis aliquid adiectum est .
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10 But such scabs are loosened by wheat flour with rue or leek or lentils, to which some honey has been added. |
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Ad discutienda uero ea , quae in corporis parte aliqua coierunt , maxime possunt habrot onum , helenium , amaracus , alba uiola , mel , lirium , sampsychus Cyprius , lac , sertula Campana , serpullum , cupressus , cedrus , iris , uiola purpurea , narcissus , rosa , crocum , passum , iuncus quadratus , nardum , cinnamomum , casia , Hammoniacum , cera , resina , uua t aminia , spuma argenti , styrax , ficus arida , tragoriganus , lini et narcissi semen , bitumen , sordes ex gymnasio , pyrites lapis aut molaris , crudus uitellus , amarae nuces , sulpur .
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11 The following, again, are most powerful to disperse whatever has collected in any part of the cody: southernwood, elecampane, marjoram, white violet, honey, lily, Cyprian marjoram, milk, melilot, thyme, oil of cypress, cedar-oil, iris, purple violet, narcissus, rose, saffron, raisin wine, angular rush, nard, cinnamon, casia, ammoniacum, wax, resin, black bryony berries, litharge, storax, dry fig, goat's marjoram, linseed, narcissus seed, bitumen, sordes from the gymnasium, pyrites or millstone, raw yolk of egg, bitter almonds, sulphur. |