De Medicina |
Translator: Walter George Spencer
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| 117 |
Euocat et educit ladanum , alumen rotundum , hebenus , lini semen , omphacium , fel , chalcitis , bdellium , resina terebenthina et pinea , propolis , ficus arida decocta , stercus columbae , pumex , farina lolii , grossi in aqua cocti , elaterium , lauri bacae , nitrum , sal .
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12 The following are epispastics: ladanum, round alum, ebony, linseed, omphacium, ox-bile, copper ore, bdellium, turpentine and pine resin, propolis, dried fig cooked, pigeons' dung, pumice, darnel meal, unripe figs cooked in water, elaterium, laurel berries, soda, salt. |
| 118 |
Leuat id , quod exasperatum est , spodium , hebenus , cummi , oui album , lac , tragacanthum .
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13 The following relieve any irritated part: oxide of zinc, ebony, gum, white of egg, milk, tragacanth. |
| 119 |
Carnem alit et ulcus implet resina pinea , ochra Attice uel Scyrice , cera , buturum .
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14 The following make the flesh grow, and fill in ulcerations: pine-resin, ochre from Attica or Scyros, wax, butter. |
| 120 |
Molliunt aes combustum , terra Eretria , nitrum , papaueris lacrima , Hammoniacum , bdellion , cera , sebum , adeps , oleum , ficus arida , sesamum , sertula Campana , narcissi et radix et semen , rosae folia , coagulum , uitellus crudus , amarae nuces , medullae omnes , sti bi , pix , coclea cocta , cicutae semen , plumbi recrementum ( ΣΚΩΡΙΑΝ ΜΟΛΥΒΔΟΥ Graeci uocant ) , panaces , cardamomum , galbanum , resina , uua t aminia , styrax , iris , balsamum , sordes ex gymnasio , sulpur , buturum , ruta .
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15 The following are emollients: calcined copper, Eretrian earth, soda, poppy-tears, ammoniacum, bdellium, wax, suet, soft fat, oil, dried fig, sesamum, melilot, narcissus root and seed, rose-leaves, curd, raw yolk of egg, bitter almonds, marrow of any kind, antimony sulphide, pitch, snails boiled, hemlock seed, lead-slag which the Greeks call skwri/a molu/bdou, all-heal, cardamon, galbanum, resin, black bryony berries, storax, iris, balsam, gymnasium sordes, sulphur, butter, rue. |