| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 21.81 | Plin. Nat. 21.82 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 21.83 |
There is also an eye-salve [Note] which is indebted to this plant for its name. The lees [Note] of the extract of saffron, employed in the saffron unguent known as "crocomagma," have their own peculiar utility in cases of cataract and strangury. These lees
are of a more warming nature than saffron itself; the best kind is that which, when put into the mouth, stains the teeth and saliva the colour of saffron.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 21.81 | Plin. Nat. 21.82 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 21.83 |
