CHAP. 57.—AGARIC: THIRTY-THREE REMEDIES.
Agaric [Note] is found growing in the form of a fungus of a white
colour, upon the trees in the vicinity of the Bosporus. It is
administered in doses of four oboli, beaten up in two cyathi of
oxymel. The kind that grows in Galatia is generally looked
upon as not so efficacious. The male [Note] agaric is firmer than
the other, and more bitter; it is productive too of head-ache.
The female plant is of a looser texture; it has a sweet taste at
first, which speedily changes into a bitter flavour.
