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BOOK I.
BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR
FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK V.
AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VI. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES
WHO NOW EXIST, OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS.
BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
BOOK XII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES
BOOK XIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS.
BOOK XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES.
BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XVIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GRAIN.
BOOK XIX.
THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF FLAX, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XXI.
AN ACCOUNT OF FLOWERS. AND THOSE USED FOR
CHAPLETS MORE PARTICULARLY.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXIII.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XXIV.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XXV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WILD PLANT
BOOK XXVI.
A CONTINUATION OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM
PLANTS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PARTICULAR
DISEASES.
BOOK XXVII.
A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.
BOOK XXVIII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXIX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXX.
REMEDIES DERIEVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXXI.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTION
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
BOOK XXXIII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXIV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXV.
AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS.
BOOK XXXVI.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES.
BOOK XXXVII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES.
chapter:
CHAP. 1. (1.)—INTRODUCTION.
CHAP. 2.—THE VINE.
CHAP. 3.—THE LEAVES AND SHOOTS OF THE VINE: SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 4.—OMPHACIUM EXTRACTED FROM THE VINE: FOURTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 5.—ŒNANTHE: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 6.—GRAPES, FRESH GATHERED.
CHAP. 7.—VARIOUS KINDS OF PRESERVED GRAPES: ELEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 8.—CUTTINGS OF THE VINE: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 9.—GRAPE-STONES: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 10.—GRAPE-HUSKS: EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 11.—THE GRAPES OF THE THERIACA: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 12.—RAISINS, OR ASTAPHIS: FOURTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 13—THE ASTAPHISAGRIA, OTHERWISE CALLED STAPHIS OR TAMINIA: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 14.—THE LABRUSCA, OR WILD VINE: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 15.—THE SALICASTRUM: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 16.—THE WHITE VINE, OTHERWISE CALLED AMPELOLEUCE,
STAPHYLE, MELOTHRON, PSILOTRUM, ARCHEZOSTIS, CEDROSTIS,
OR MADON: THIRTY-ONE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 17.—THE BLACK VINE, OTHERWISE CALLED BRYONA, CHIRONIA, GYNÆCANTHE, OR APRONIA: THIRTY-FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 18.—MUST: FIFTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 19.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO WINE.
CHAP. 20.—THE SURRENTINE WINES: THREE REMEDIES. THE
ALBAN WINES: TWO REMEDIES. THE FALERNIAN WINES: SIX
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 21.—THE SETINE WINES; ONE OBSERVATION UPON THEM. THE STATAN WINES; ONE OBSERVATION UPON THEM. THE, SIGNIAN WINES; ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 22.—OTHER WINES: SIXTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 23.—SIXTY-ONE OBSERVATIONS RELATIVE TO WINE.
CHAP. 24.—IN WHAT MALADIES WINE SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED; HOW IT SHOULD BE ADMINISTERED, AND AT WHAT TIMES.
CHAP. 25.—NINETY-ONE OBSERVATIONS WITH REFERENCE TO WINE.
CHAP. 26.—ARTIFICIAL WINES.
CHAP. 27.—VINEGAR: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 28. (2.)—SQUILL VINEGAR: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 29.—OXYMELI: SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 30.—SAPA: SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 31.—LEES OF WINE: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 32.—LEES OF VINEGAR: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 33.—LEES OF SAPA: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 34. (3.)—THE LEAVES OF THE OLIVE: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 35—THE BLOSSOM OF THE OLIVE: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 36.—WHITE OLIVES: FOUR REMEDIES. BLACK OLIVES:
THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 37.—AMURCA OF OLIVES: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 38. (4.)—THE LEAVES OF THE WILD OLIVE: SIXTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 39.—OMPHACIUM: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 40.—OIL OF ŒNANTHE: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 41.—CASTOR OIL: SIXTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 42.—OIL OF ALMONDS: SIXTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 43.—OIL OF LAUREL: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 44.—OIL OF MYRTLE: TWENTY REMEDIES.
CHAP. 45.—OIL OF CHAMÆMYRSINE OR OXYMYRSINE; OIL OF CYPRESS; OIL OF CITRUS; OIL OF WALNUTS; OIL OF CNIDIUM: OIL OF MASTICH; OIL OF BALANUS; VARIOUS REMEDIES.
CHAP. 46.—THE CYPRUS, AND THE OIL EXTRACTED FROM IT;
SIXTEEN REMEDIES. GLEUCINUM: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 47.—OIL OF BALSAMUM: FIFTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 48.—MALOBATHRUM: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 49.—OIL OF HENBANE: TWO REMEDIES. OIL OF LUPINES:
ONE REMEDY. OIL OF NARCISSUS: ONE REMEDY. OIL OF
RADISHES: FIVE REMEDIES. OIL OF SESAME: THREE REMEDIES.
OIL OF LILIES: THREE REMEDIES. OIL OF SELGA: ONE REMEDY.
OIL OF IGUVIUM: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 50.—ELÆOMELI: TWO REMEDIES. OIL OF PITCH: TWO
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 51.—THE PALM: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 52. (5.)—THE PALM WHICH PRODUCES MYROBALANUM: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 53.—THE PALM CALLED ELATE: SIXTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 54. (6.)—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE BLOSSOMS, LEAVES,
FRUIT, BRANCHES, BARK, JUICES, WOOD, ROOTS, AND ASHES OF
VARIOUS KINDS OF TREES. SIX OBSERVATIONS UPON APPLES.
TWENTY-TWO OBSERVATIONS UPON QUINCES. ONE OBSERVATION
UPON STRUTHEA.
CHAP. 55.—THE SWEET APPLES CALLED MELIMELA: SIX OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. SOUR APPLES: FOUR OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
CHAP. 56.—CITRONS: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
CHAP. 57.—PUNIC APPLES OR POMEGRANATES: TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 58.—THE COMPOSITION CALLED STOMATICE: FOURTEEN
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 59.—CYTINUS: EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 60.—BALAUSTIUM: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 61.—THE WILD POMEGRANATE.
CHAP. 62. (7.)—PEARS: TWELVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
CHAP. 63.—FIGS: ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN OBSERVATIONS
UPON THEM.
CHAP. 64.—THE WILD FIG: FORTY-TWO OBSERVATIONS UPON IT.
CHAP. 65.—THE HERB ERINEON: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 66.—PLUMS: FOUR OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
CHAP. 67.—PEACHES: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 68.—WILD PLUMS: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 69.—THE LICHEN ON PLUM-TREES: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 70.—MULBERRIES: THIRTY-NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 71.—THE MEDICAMENT CALLED STOMATICE, ARTERIACE, OR
PANCHRESTOS. FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 72.—CHERRIES: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
CHAP. 73.—MEDLARS: TWO REMEDIES. SORBS: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 74. (8.)—PINE-NUTS: THIRTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 75.—ALMONDS: TWENTY-NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 76.—GREEK NUTS: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 77.—WALNUTS: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES. THE MITHRIDATIC ANTIDOTE.
CHAP. 78.—HAZEL-NUTS: THREE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
PISTACHIO-NUTS: EIGHT OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. CHESNUTS:
FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
CHAP. 79.—CAROBS: FIVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. THE
CORNEL; ONE REMEDY. THE FRUIT OF THE ARBUTUS.
CHAP. 80.—THE LAUREL; SIXTY-NINE OBSERVATIONS UPON IT.
CHAP. 81.—MYRTLE; SIXTY OBSERVATIONS UPON IT.
CHAP. 82.—MYRTIDANUM: THIRTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 83.—THE WILD MYRTLE, OTHERWISE CALLED OXYMYRSINE,
OR CHAMÆMYRSINE, AND THE RUSCUS: SIX REMEDIES.
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BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
1 The wild myrtle, or little holly. See B. xv. c. 7. The oil would be inodorous, and not possessed, as Pliny says, of properties similar to these of oil of myrtle.
2 See B. xv. c. 7. Fée thinks that it may have possibly been prepared from a decoction of leaves of cypress.
3 See B. xiii. cc. 1. 29, and B. xv. c. 7.
4 See B. xv. c. 7. Oil of walnuts is used hut little in medicine at the present day, but it is employed for numerous other purposes.
5 "Granum Cnidium." See B. xv. c. 7.
6 It would only resemble castor oil in its drastic properties; the latter is a fixed natural oil, the former an artificial one.
7 See B. xv. c. 7. An oil is still extracted in Italy from the fruit of the Pistacia lentiscus; but it is no longer used in medicine.
8 From the Greek ἄκοπος, "relieving weariness."
9 Or "ben." See B. xii c. 46, and B. xv. c. 7. Oil of ben is still made, but it has no such effects as those mentioned by our author.
10 Pliny appears to have made the same error here in compiling from the Greek, as he has done in Chapters 4 and 13, in mistaking the Greek word signifying "scars," for that meaning "gums."
The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.
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