CHAP. 50.—ELÆOMELI: TWO REMEDIES. OIL OF PITCH: TWO
REMEDIES.
Elæomeli, which, as we have already [Note] stated, exudes from
the olive-trees of Syria, has a flavour like that of honey, but
not without a certain nauseous taste. It relaxes the bowels,
and carries off the bilious secretions more particularly, if taken
in doses of two cyathi, in a semisextarius of water. After
drinking it, the patient falls into a torpor, and requires to be
aroused every now and then. Persons, when about to drink
for a wager, are in the habit of taking [Note] a cyathus of it, by way
of prelude. Oil of pitch [Note] is employed for the cure of cough,
and of itch in cattle.
