| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 27.40 | Plin. Nat. 27.41 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 27.42 |
The crocodileon [Note] resembles the black chamæleon [Note] in shape: the root is long, of an uniform thickness, and possessed of a pungent smell. It is found growing in sandy soils. Taken in drink, it causes a copious discharge of coagulated blood at the nostrils, and in this way, it is said, diminishes the volume of the spleen.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 27.40 | Plin. Nat. 27.41 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 27.42 |
