CHAP. 72.—REMEDIES FOR PHRENITIS, LETHARGY, AND
CARBUNCLES.
Phlebitis is cured by sleep induced by the agency of an
infusion of peucedanum [Note] in vinegar, poured upon the head, or
else by the juice of either kind of anagallis. [Note] On the other
hand, when patients are suffering from lethargy, it is with the
greatest difficulty that they are aroused; a result which may
be effected, they say, by touching the nostrils with juice of
peucedanum in vinegar. For the cure of insanity, betony is
administered in drink. Panaces [Note] brings carbuncles to a head,
and makes them break; and they are equally cured by
powdered betony applied in water, or else cabbage leaves
mixed with frankincense in warm water, and taken in considerable quantities. For a similar purpose, a red-hot coal is
extinguished in the patient's presence, and the ashes are taken
up with the finger and applied to the sore. Bruised plantago [Note]
is also used for the cure of carbuncles.
