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On eriphia a plant, lanaria a plant, and stratiotes soldier water-plant medicines Ch. 17.
On the herb which grows on the head of a statue, and on the herb from rivers, and lingua spearwort, cribrum a plant, fimetis a plant, rhodo wild rose, impia cudweed, pecten ueneris Venus's comb, nodia a plant, philanthropos cleavers, canaria lappa dog burdock, tordylon hartwort, and on grass, dactylos finger-grass, and fenugreek medicines Ch. 18.
Sum of medicines, history, and observations: 1,419.
FROM THE AUTHORS:
C. Valgius, Pompeius Lenaeus, Sextius Niger (who wrote in Greek), Iulius Bassus (who did the same), Antonius Castor, M. Varro, Cornelius Celsus, Fabianus.
EXTERNALS:
Theophrastus, Apollodorus, Democritus, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Mago, Menander (who wrote on agriculture), Nicander, Homer, Hesiod, Musaeus, Sophocles, Anaxilaus.
PHYSICIANS:
Mnesteus, Callimachus, Phanias the physicist, Simon, Timaristus, Hippocrates, Chrysippus, Diocles, Opion, Heraclides, Hicesius, Dionysius, Apollodorus of Citium, Apollodorus of Tarentum, Praxagoras, Phistionicus the physician, Cleopatra, Philistion, Asclepiades, Crateuas, Petronius, Diodorus, Iollas, Erasistratus, Diagoras, Andreas, Enorta, Marconesides, Epicharmus, Demion, Sosimenes, Theopolemus, Solon, Lycius, Metrodorus, Olympias of Thebes, Philinus, Petreius, Myction, Glaucias, Xenocrates, Diocles.
BOOK TWENTY-FIFTH contains the natures of herbs growing spontaneously, the authority of herbs, and the origin of their use.
Who wrote about the use of herbs in Latin, when knowledge of them reached the Romans, who among the Greeks were the first to write about them, and on the discovery of herbs, and ancient medicine, why their remedies are practiced less, and on cynorrhodon wild rose, and dracunculus dragon arum medicines Ch. 1.
On a certain pestilential spring in Germany, and on britannica a medicinal herb, and the greatest pains of diseases Ch. 2.
On moly a magical herb and dodochates, and paeonia peony or pentorobos, or glycyfida and panaces all-heal or asclepios and the Heraclean panaces of Chiron, and the centaur panaces or pharaceum, and the Heraclean siderium ironwort, and hyoscyamus henbane or apollinaris or altercangenus Ch. 3.
On linozostis mercury/dog's mercury, parthenium feverfew, hermipora or rather mercurialis, and achillea yarrow, and the Heraclean panaces, sideritis ironwort, millefolium yarrow, and on scoparegia, and hermineum, teucrium germander, splenium spleenwort, and on melampodium or helleborus hellebore, how many kinds there are, and on black hellebore and the tall kind, their medicines, when they are given, how they are taken, to whom they should not be given, and how they kill mice Ch. 4.
On mithridatia a plant named after Mithridates, and scorodotis or scordium water germander, and polemonia or phylaeteria or chiliodynamon a plant with a thousand powers, and eupatoria agrimony, and centaurea or chyronia, and on leto centaureum, libadium, felle terrae centaury, and triorche medicines Ch. 5.
On climene, gentiana gentian, lysimachia loosestrife, parthenide, artemisia mugwort, ambrosia, nymphea water lily, and heracleum or rhopalum, and euphorbia a spurge medicines Ch. 6.
On plantago plantain, buglossum bugloss, cynoglossum hound's tongue, buphthalmus ox-eye daisy, and scythica licorice, and on spartania, hippice, and eschaemone; and on betonica betony, cantabrica, conliligine, hiberida, and chelidonia celandine, canaria, elaphoboscon parsnip, dictamnus dittany, and aristolochia birthwort; and how fish are caught by its flavor; and medicines against snake bites from the herbs he named above Ch. 7.
On argemonia, agaricum agaric fungus, echium viper's bugloss, hyoscyamus henbane, iereboate, blattaria moth mullein, lemonia, quinquefolium cinquefoil, daucus carrot, perfolata thorow-wax, arctium burdock, cyclaminum cyclamen, and peucedanum hog's fennel Ch. 8.
On rhysellio, centaurea centaury, chelidonia celandine, panaces all-heal, hyoscyamus henbane, and euphorbium spurge resin Ch. 9.
On anagallis pimpernel or acorus, and mandragora mandrake or circaeum, and cicuta hemlock, and ereno agrio, molibdana, iris iris, capnos fumitory, alice, achoros, cotyledona navelwort, aizoon houseleek, adrachne, erigeron groundsel; and on ophemorum, and labrum veneris teasel; and ramiculum medicines; and on mouth ailments Ch. 10.
Sum of medicines, history, and observations: 1,291.
FROM THE AUTHORS:
Sextius Gallicus, Pompeius Lenaeus, Sextius Niger (who wrote in Greek), Iulius Bassus (who did the same), Antonius Castor, Cornelius Celsus.
EXTERNALS:
Theophrastus, Apollodorus, Democritus, Iuba, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Mago, Menander (who wrote on agriculture), Nicander, Homer, Hesiod, Musaeus, Sophocles, Xanthus, Anaxilaus.
PHYSICIANS:
Mnesteus, Callimachus, Phanias the physicist, Timaristus, Simon, Hippocrates, Chrysippus, Diocles, Opion, Heraclides, Hicesius, Dionysius, Apollodorus of Citium, Apollodorus of Tarentum, Praxagoras, Phistionicus the physician, Dieuches, Theophantus, Phylistion, Asclepiades, Crateuas, Iollas, Erasistratus, Diagoras, Andreas, Mnesicles, Epicharmus, Demion, Sosimenes, Theopolemus, Metrodorus, Solon, Lycius, Olympias of Thebes, Philinus, Petreius, Myction, Glaucias, Xenocrates.
BOOK TWENTY-SIXTH contains the remaining kinds of diseases and medicines, and on new diseases, and what lichen a skin eruption is, and when they first began in Italy, and on carbuncle, elephantiasis, and colic Ch. 1.
Praise of Hippocrates Ch. 2.
On new medicine, and Asclepiades the physician, and in what way he changed ancient medicine Ch. 3.
Derision of the magic art, and on lichen and thapsia a medicinal herb Ch. 4.