BOOK XXX

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REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.

1. The origin of the magic art 421

2. When and where the art of magic originated: by what persons it was practised 422

3. Whether magic was ever practised in Italy. At what period the senate first forbade human sacrifices 425

4. The Druids of the Gallic provinces 426

5. The various branches of magic 427

6. The subterfuges practised by the magicians 428

7. Opinions of the magicians relative to the mole. Five remedies derived from it 429

8. The other remedies derived from living creatures, classified according to the respective diseases. Remedies for tooth-ache 430

9. Remedies for offensive odours and sores of the mouth 432

10. Remedies for spots upon the face _ib._

11. Remedies for affections of the throat 433

12. Remedies for quinzy and scrofula 434

13. Remedies for diseases of the shoulders 436

14. Remedies for pains in the viscera 437

15. Remedies for pains in the stomach _ib._

16. Remedies for pains in the liver, and for spitting of blood 438

17. Remedies for affections of the spleen 439

18. Remedies for pains in the side and in the loins 440

19. Remedies for dysentery 441

20. Remedies for the iliac passion, and for other maladies of the bowels 442

21. Remedies for urinary calculi and affections of the bladder 443

22. Remedies for diseases of the fundament and of the generative organs 445

23. Remedies for gout and for diseases of the feet 446

24. Remedies for evils which are liable to affect the whole body 448

25. Remedies for cold shiverings 449

26. Remedies for paralysis 450

27. Remedies for epilepsy _ib._

28. Remedies for jaundice 452

29. Remedies for phrenitis _ib._

30. Remedies for fevers 453

31. Remedies for dropsy 456

32. Remedies for erysipelas _ib._

33. Remedies for carbuncles 457

34. Remedies for boils _ib._

35. Remedies for burns _ib._

36. Remedies for affections of the sinews _ib._

37. Remedies for maladies of the nails and fingers 458

38. Methods for arresting hæmorrhage _ib._

39. Remedies for ulcerous sores and wounds _ib._

40. Remedies for broken bones 460

41. Applications for cicatrizations, and for the cure of morphew 461

42. Methods of extracting foreign substances from the body _ib._

43. Remedies for female complaints 462

44. Methods of facilitating delivery 463

45. Methods of preserving the breasts from injury 464

46. Various kinds of depilatories 465

47. Remedies for the diseases of infants _ib._

48. Provocatives of sleep 467

49. Aphrodisiacs and antaphrodisiacs _ib._

50. Remedies for phthiriasis, and for various other affections 468

51. Remedies for intoxication _ib._

52. Peculiarities relative to certain animals 469

53. Other marvellous facts connected with animals _ib._

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