| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 24.6 | Plin. Nat. 24.7 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 24.8 |
The round excrescences [Note] which grow on the robur * * * and mixed with bear's grease, are remedial in cases of loss of the hair by alopecy.
The leaves, bark, and acorns of the cerrus [Note] act as a desiecative upon gatherings and suppurations, and arrest fluxes. A decoction [Note] of them, used as a fomentation, strengthens such parts of the body as are paralyzed; and it is a very good plan
to employ it as a sitting-bath, for its desiccative or astringent effects upon the lower extremities. The root of this tree neutralizes the venom of the scorpion.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 24.6 | Plin. Nat. 24.7 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 24.8 |
