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CHAP. 48.—MALOBATHRUM: FIVE REMEDIES.

We have already1 spoken, also, of the nature of malobathrum, and the various kinds of it. It acts as a diuretic, and, sprinkled in wine upon the eyes, it is used very advantageously for defluxions of those organs. It is applied also to the forehead, for the purpose of promoting sleep; but it acts with still greater efficacy, if the nostrils are rubbed with it, or if it is taken in water. The leaves, placed beneath the tongue, impart a sweetness to the mouth and breath, and put among clothes, they produce a similar effect.

1 In B. xii. c. 59. Whatever malobathrum may have been, this was an artificial oil, no doubt.

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