CHAP. 28.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CHRYSOCOLLA.
Chroysocolla, too, is made use of in medicine. In combination
with wax and oil, it is used as a detergent for wounds;
and used by itself in the form of a powder, it acts as a desiccative,
and heals them. In cases, too, of quinsy and hardness
of breathing, chrysocolla is prescribed, in the form of an electuary,
with honey. It acts as an emetic also, and is used as an
ingredient in eye-salves, for the purpose of effacing cicatrizations
upon the eyes. In green plasters too, it is used, for
soothing pain and making scars disappear. This kind of
chrysocolla [Note] is known by medical men as "acesis," and is altogether
different from orobitis.