On Medicine (De Medicina), Vol. 2

amount of opium and was applied to poisonous stings, II. 120.
Arida Medicamenta dry drugs; dry drugs pounded, used as dusting powders, II. 48; and blown through a quill, II. 156, III. 448; or formed into pastiles by means of a little fluid, II. 14.
Aristolochia; A. longa and A. rotunda, birthwort.
The root yields an irritant glucoside, which was used in poultices and plasters, II. 20, 30, 34, 38, 46, 50, 52, 62.
Aromata; Dried aromatic flowers imported from abroad, I. 316; II. 14, 212.
Armoracia; Cochlearia armoracia, horse radish.
This was prescribed as a remedy for spleen affections, I. 416; II. 106.
Arsenicon; see Auripigmentum.
Arteriace; a medicine for the windpipe, II. 64, note b.
Arundo (Harundo); Arundo donax, pole reed.
The juice of the root was used for earache, II. 228; its splinters were dangerous, II. 106–8.
Asafoetida; see Laser.
Asclepion; name of a salve, II. 214.
Aspalathus; Calycotoma villosa.
A decoction from the rose scented wood of this (lignum rhodium Rhodes wood) was applied to painful sinews, II. 58.
Atramentum; blacking;
(1) A. scriptorium writing ink, ink made from the soot of torches, used as an application for baldness. II. 182.
(2) A. sepiarum cuttlefish ink, cuttle-fish ink, used as an aperient, I. 208.
(3) A. sutorium shoemaker's black, see Aes, 2.
Auripigmentum; As₂S₃, the yellow trisulphide of