| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.15 | Plin. Nat. 35.16 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.17 |
It is from rubrica also, that ochra [Note] is prepared, the rubrica being burnt [Note] in new earthen pots well luted with clay. The more highly it is calcined in the furnace, the better the colour is. All kinds of rubrica are of a desiccative nature, and hence it is that they are so useful for plasters, and as an application even for erysipelas.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.15 | Plin. Nat. 35.16 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.17 |
