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Wall-rue original: "Filicula"; a type of small fern used in herbal medicine 405.12
Fern original: "Filix" 512.5
What flame is 24.16
How cold things cool us 22.20
Flower of copper original: "Flos æris"; verdigris or copper acetate, often used in ointments for its drying properties 618.2
Fennel 479.11
Malabathrum leaf original: "Folium malabathri"; an aromatic leaf from India, likely a species of cinnamon 546.3
What a cold quality does 35.28
What is cold by its own nature 5.16
Soot 474.15
Smoke 433.3
Mushroom 489.2
Jet stone original: "Gagates"; a type of fossilized wood or lignite used in medicine and amulets 585.25
Galbanum original: "Galbanum"; a bitter aromatic gum resin used as an antispasmodic 546.6
Oak gall original: "Galla"; a growth on oaks used for its high tannin content 445.6
Milk-stone original: "Galactites"; a stone that produces a white liquid when rubbed, used in folklore to promote lactation 587.19
Dogfish original: "Gale"; can refer to a weasel or a small shark; in this medical context, it likely refers to the fish 713.3
Galen writes almost nothing in these books that he has not personally tested 622.7
Galen’s purity and scrupulousness original: "mundities ac religio"; referring to Galen's careful clinical observations and ethical practice throughout the same page.
Galen, always a seeker of the truth 71.10
Crested lark original: "Galerita" 711.28
Hens 712.27
Bedstraw original: "Gallium"; a plant used to curdle milk for cheese-making 397.21
Garum original: "Garus"; a fermented fish sauce used as a condiment and a digestive aid 725.9
Broom original: "Genista"; a shrub used in decoctions 627.18
Gentian 397.28
Grape stones original: "Gigarta"; the seeds of the grape 398.4
Syrian chervil original: "Gingidium" on the same page, 12
Gypsum 594.17
Burnt gypsum original: "Gypsum kekaumenon"; calcined gypsum or Plaster of Paris 595.5
Sword-lily original: "Gladiolus" 495.4
Milk-vetch original: "Glaux" 398.28
Horned poppy extract original: "Glaucium"; the juice of the sea poppy, used for eye ailments 398.21
Pennyroyal original: "Glichon" 399.3
Licorice original: "Glycyriza" on the same page, 14
Peony root original: "Glycyfida" 400.4
Gymnasium scrapings original: "Glœos"; the mixture of oil, sweat, and dirt scraped from athletes, believed to have healing properties 399.12
Cudweed original: "Gnaphalium" 401.25
Turnip original: "Gongilis" 402.2
Grass 362.20
Gnidian berry original: "Granum gnidium"; the seeds of the spurge flax, a potent purgative 451.15
Dyer's grain original: "Granum tinctorium"; Kermes, an insect used to create red dye and heart tonics 451.18
Unripe figs original: "Grossi" 495.20
Gum 453.14
Bat's blood original: "Haema nycteridos" 630.17
Pigeon's blood original: "Hema peristeras" 628