| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 28.21 | Plin. Nat. 28.22 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 28.23 |
A woman's fasting spittle is generally considered highly efficacious for bloodshot eyes: it is good also for defluxions of those organs, the inflamed corners of the eyes being moistened with it every now and then; the result, too, is still more successful, if the woman has abstained from food and wine the day before.
I find it stated that head-ache may be alleviated by tying a woman's fillet [Note] round the head.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 28.21 | Plin. Nat. 28.22 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 28.23 |
