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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.)—THE POWER OF NATURE AS MANIFESTED IN ANTIPATHIES. THE ECHENEÏS: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 2.—THE TORPEDO: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 3.—THE SEA HARE: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 4.—MARVELS OF THE RED SEA.
CHAP. 5. (2.)—THE INSTINCTS OF FISHES.
CHAP. 6.—MARVELLOUS PROPERTIES BELONGING TO CERTAIN FISHES.
CHAP. 7.—PLACES WHERE FISH EAT FROM THE HAND.
CHAP. 8.—PLACES WHERE FISH RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN VOICE.
ORACULAR RESPONSES GIVEN BY FISH.
CHAP. 9.—PLACES WHERE BITTER FISH ARE FOUND, SALT, OR SWEET.
CHAP. 10.—WHEN SEA-FISH WERE FIRST EATEN BY THE PEOPLE OF ROME. THE ORDINANCE OF KING NUMA AS TO FISH.
CHAP. 11.—CORAL: FORTY-THREE REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS.
CHAP. 12. —THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES WHICH EXIST
BETWEEN CERTAIN OBJECTS. THE HATREDS MANIFESTED BY
CERTAIN AQUATIC ANIMALS. THE PASTINACA: EIGHT REMEDIES.
THE GALEOS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES. THE SUR-MULLET:
FIFTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 13. (3).—AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. CASTOREUM: SIXTY-SIX
REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS.
CHAP. 14. (4)—THE TORTOISE: SIXTY-SIX REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS.
CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC ANIMALS,
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES.
CHAP. 16. (5.)—REMEDIES FOR POISONS, AND FOR NOXIOUS SPELLS.
THE DORADE: FOUR REMEDIES. THE SEA-STAR: SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 17.—REMEDIES FOR THE STINGS OF SERPENTS, FOR THE
BITES OF DOGS, AND FOR INJURIES INFLICTED BY VENOMOUS
ANIMALS, THE SEA-DRAGON: THREE REMEDIES. TWENTY-FIVE
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SALTED FISH. THE SARDA: ONE
REMEDY. ELEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CYBIUM.
CHAP. 18.—THE SEA-FROG: SIX REMEDIES. THE RIVER-FROG:
FIFTY-TWO REMEDIES. THE BRAMBLE-FROG: ONE REMEDY.
THIRTY-TWO OBSERVATIONS ON THESE ANIMALS.
CHAP. 19.—THE ENHYDRIS: SIX REMEDIES. THE RIVER-CRAB:
FOURTEEN REMEDIES. THE SEA-CRAB: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE
RIVER-SNAIL: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE CORACINUS: FOUR REMEDIES.
THE SEA-PIG: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 20.—THE SEA-CALF: TEN REMEDIES. THE MURÆNA: ONE
REMEDY. THE HIPPOCAMPUS: NINE REMEDIES. THE SEA-URCHIN:
ELEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 21. (6.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF OYSTERS: FIFTY-EIGHT
REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS. PURPLES: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 22.—SEA-WEED: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 23. (7.)—REMEDIES FOR ALOPECY, CHANGE OF COLOUR
IN THE HAIR, AND ULCERATIONS OF THE HEAD. THE SEA-MOUSE:
TWO REMEDIES. THE SEA-SCORPION: TWELVE REMEDIES.
THE LEECH: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE MUREX: THIRTEEN
REMEDIES. THE CONCHYLIUM: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 24.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EYES AND EYE-LIDS.
TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FAT OF FISHES.
THE CALLIONYMUS: THREE REMEDIES. THE GALL OF THE
CORACINUS: ONE REMEDY. THE SÆPIA: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
ICHTHYOCOLLA: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 25.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EARS. THE BATIA:
ONE REMEDY. THE BACCHUS OR MYXON: TWO REMEDIES.
THE SEA-LOUSE: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 26.—REMEDIES FOR TOOTH-ACHE. THE DOG-FISH : FOUR
REMEDIES. WHALE'S FLESH.
CHAP. 27.—REMEDIES FOR LICHENS, AND FOR SPOTS UPON THE
FACE. THE DOLPHIN: NINE REMEDIES. COLUTHIA OR CORYPHIA:
THREE REMEDIES. HALCYONEUM : SEVEN REMEDIES.
THE TUNNY : FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 28.—REMEDIES FOR SCROFULA, IMPOSTHUMES OF THE PAROTID
GLANDS, QUINSY, AND DISEASES OF THE FAUCES. THE
MÆNA: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. THE SEA-SCOLOPENDRA: TWO
REMEDIES. THE SAURUS: ONE REMEDY. SHELL-FISH: ONE
REMEDY. THE SILURUS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 29.—REMEDIES FOR COUGH AND DISEASES OF THE CHEST.
CHAP. 30. (9.)—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LIVER AND SIDE.
THE ELONGATED CONCH: SIX REMEDIES. THE TETHEA: FIVE
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 31.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE BOWELS. SEA-WORT:
ONE REMEDY. THE MYAX: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES. THE MITULUS:
EIGHT REMEDIES. PELORIDES: ONE REMEDY. SERIPHUM:
TWO REMEDIES. THE ERYTHINUS: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 32.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN, FOR URINARY CALCULI, AND FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER. THE SOLE: ONE REMEDY. THE TURBOT: ONE REMEDY. THE BLENDIUS: ONE REMEDY. THE SEA-NETTLE: SEVEN REMEDIES. THE PULMO MARINUS: SIX REMEDIES. ONYCHES: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 33.—REMEDIES FOR INTESTINAL HERNIA, AND FOR DISEASES
OF THE RECTUM. THE WATER-SNAKE: ONE REMEDY.
THE HYDRUS: ONE REMEDY. THE MULLET: ONE REMEDY.
THE PELAMIS: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 34.—REMEDIES FOR INFLAMED TUMOURS, AND FOR DISEASES
OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS. THE SCIÆNA: ONE REMEDY.
THE PERCH: FOUR REMEDIES. THE SQUATINA: THREE REMEDIES.
THE SMARIS: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 36.—REMEDIES FOR GOUT, AND FOR PAINS IN THE FEET.
THE BEAVER: FOUR REMEDIES. BRYON: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 37.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY.
CHAP. 38. (10.)—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS. THE FISH CALLED
ASELLUS: ONE REMEDY. THE PHAGRUS: ONE REMEDY. THE
BALÆNA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 39.—REMEDIES FOR LETHARGY, CACHEXY, AND DROPSY.
CHAP. 40.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS AND FOR ERYSIPELAS.
CHAP. 41.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SINEWS.
CHAP. 42.—METHODS OF ARRESTING HÆMORRHAGE AND OF LETTING BLOOD. THE POLYP: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 43.—METHODS OF EXTRACTING FOREIGN BODIES FROM
THE FLESH.
CHAP. 44.—REMEDIES FOR ULCERS, CARCINOMATA, AND CARBUNCLES.
CHAP. 45.—REMEDIES FOR WARTS, AND FOR MALFORMED NAILS.
THE GLANIS: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 46.—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE DISEASES. THE GLAUCISCUS:
ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 47.—METHODS OF REMOVING SUPERFLUOUS HAIR.
DEPILATORIES.
CHAP. 48.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS.
CHAP. 49.—METHODS OF PREVENTING INTOXICATION. THE FISH
CALLED RUBELLIO: ONE REMEDY. THE EEL: ONE REMEDY. THE
GRAPE-FISH: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 50.—ANTAPHRODISIACS AND APHRODISIACS. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS:
ONE REMEDY. THE CROCODILE: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 51.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF ANIMALS.
CHAP. 52.—OTHER AQUATIC PRODUCTIONS. ADARCA OR CALAMOCHNOS:
THREE REMEDIES. REEDS: EIGHT REMEDIES. THE
INK OF THE SÆPIA.
CHAP. 53. (11.)—THE NAMES OF ALL THE ANIMALS THAT EXIST
IN THE SEA, ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX IN NUMBER.
CHAP. 54.—ADDITIONAL NAMES OF FISHES FOUND IN THE POEM
OF OVID.
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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 Or sting-ray. See B. ix. c. 72.
2 There is considerable truth in this observation.
3 The sea-horse, the Syngnathus hippocampus of Linnæus. See B. ix. c. 1
4 See B. xxi. c. 105.
5 The same, probably, as the "opocarpathon" of B. xxviii. c. 45, a substance which does not appear to have been identified with any degree of certainty. See also c. 31 of the present Book.
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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