CHAP. 100.—THE MINSAS OR CORINTHIA: ONE REMEDY.
Pythagoras gives the name of minsas [Note] too, or corinthia, to
another plant; a decoction of which, used as a fomentation,
will effect an instantaneous cure of stings inflicted by serpents,
according to him. He adds too, that if this decoction is poured
upon the grass, and a person happens to tread upon it, or if
the body should chance to be sprinkled with it, the result is
fatal beyond all remedy; so monstrously malignant are the
venomous properties of this plant, except as neutralizing
other kinds of poison.
