| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 27.45 | Plin. Nat. 27.46 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 27.47 |
The Cnidian grain [Note] has just the colour of the kermes berry. [Note] It is larger than a peppercorn, and has very heating properties: hence it is that when used, it is taken in crumb of bread, that it may not burn the throat in passing downwards. It is a sovereign remedy for hemlock, and arrests [Note] looseness of the bowels.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 27.45 | Plin. Nat. 27.46 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 27.47 |
