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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.—INTRODUCTION.
CHAP. 2. (1.)—THE WILD CUCUMBER; TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 3.—ELATERIUM; TWENTY-SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 4. (2.)—THE ANGUINE OR ERRATIC CUCUMBER: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 5.—THE CULTIVATED CUCUMBER: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 6.—PEPONES: ELEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 7. (3.)—THE GOURD: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES. THE SOMPHUS: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 8.—THE COLOCYNTHIS: TEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 9.—RAPE; NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 10.—WILD RAPE: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 11. (4.)—TURNIPS; THOSE KNOWN AS BUNION AND BUNIAS: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 12.—THE WILD RADISH, OR ARMORACIA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 13.—THE CULTIVATED RADISH: FORTY-THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 14.—THE PARSNIP: FIVE REMEDIES. THE HIBISCUM, WILD MALLOW, OR PLISTOLOCHIA: ELEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 15. (5.)—THE STAPHYLINOS, OR WILD PARSNIP: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 16.—GINGIDION: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 17.—THE SKIRRET: ELEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 18.—SILE, OR HARTWORT: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 19.—ELECAMPANE: ELEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 20.—ONIONS: TWENTY-SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 21. (6.)—CUTLEEK: THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 22.—BULBED LEEK: THIRTY-NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 23.—GARLIC: SIXTY-ONE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 24.—THE LETTUCE: FORTY-TWO REMEDIES. THE GOAT-
LETTUCE: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 25.—CÆSAPON: ONE REMEDY. ISATIS: ONE REMEDY. THE
WILD LETTUCE: SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 26.—HAWK-WEED: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 27. (8.)—BEET: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 28.—LIMONION, OR NEUROIDES: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 29.—ENDIVE: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 30.—CICHORIUM OR CHRESTON, OTHERWISE CALLED
PANCRATION, OK AMBULA: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 31.—HEDYPNOÏS: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 32.—SERIS, THREE VARIETIES OF IT: SEVEN REMEDIES
BORROWED FROM IT.
CHAP. 33. (9).—THE CABBAGE: EIGHTY-SEVEN REMEDIES. RE-
CIPES MENTIONED BY CATO.
CHAP. 34.—PINIONS OF THE GREEKS RELATIVE THERETO.
CHAP. 35.—CABBAGE-SPROUTS.
CHAP. 36.—THE WILD CABBAGE: THIRTY-SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 37.—THE LAPSANA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 38.—THE SEA-CABBAGE: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 39.—THE SQUILL: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 40.—BULBS: THIRTY REMEDIES.
CHAP. 41.—BULBINE; ONE REMEDY. BULB EMETIC.
CHAP. 42. (10.)—GARDEN ASPARAGUS; WITH THE NEXT
TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 43.—CORRUDA, LIBYCUM, OR ORMINUM.
CHAP. 44. (11.)—PARSLEY; SEVENTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 45.—APIASTRUM, OR MELISSOPHYLLUM.
CHAP. 46.—OLUSATRUM OR HIPPOSELINON: ELEVEN REMEDIES.
OREOSELINON; TWO REMEDIES. HELIOSELINON; ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 47. (12.)—PETROSELINON; ONE REMEDY. BUSELINON;
ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 48.—OCIMUM; THIRTY-FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 49.—ROCKET: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 50.—NASTURTIUM: FORTY-TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 51.—RUE: EIGHTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 52. (14.)—WILD MINT: TWENTY REMEDIES.
CHAP. 53.—MINT: FORTY-ONE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 54.—PENNYROYAL: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 55.—WILD PENNYROYAL: SEVENTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 56.—NEP: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 57.—CUMMIN: FORTY-EIGHT REMEDIES. WILD CUMMIN: TWENTY-SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 58.—AMMI: TEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 59.—THE CAPPARIS OR CAPER: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 60.—LIGUSTICUM, OR LOVAGE: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 61. (16.)—CUNILA BUBULA: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 62.—CUNILA GALLINACEA, OR ORIGANUM: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 63.—CUNILAGO: EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 64.—SOFT CUNILA: THREE REMEDIES. LIBANOTIS: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 65.—CULTIVATED CUNILA; THREE REMEDIES. MOUNTAIN CUNILA; SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 66. (17.)—PIPERITIS, OR SILIQUASTRUM: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 67.—ORIGANUM, ONITIS, OR PRASION: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 68.—TRAGORIGANUM: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 69.—THREE VARIETIES OF HERACLEOTIC ORIGANUM: THIRTY REMEDIES.
CHAP. 70.—DITTANDER: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 71.—GITH, OR MELANTHION: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 72.—ANISE: SIXTY-ONE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 73.—WHERE THE BEST ANISE IS FOUND: VARIOUS REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THIS PLANT.
CHAP. 74. (18.)—DILL: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 75.—SACOPENIUM, OR SAGAPENON: THIRTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 76.—THE WHITE POPPY: THREE REMEDIES. THE BLACK POPPY: EIGHT REMEDIES. REMARKS ON SLEEP. OPIUM. REMARKS IN DISFAVOUR OF THE POTIONS KNOWN AS "ANODYNES, FEBRIFUGES, DIGESTIVES, AND CŒLIACS." IN WHAT WAY THE JUICES OF THESE PLANTS ARE TO BE COLLECTED.
CHAP. 77. (19.)—THE POPPY CALLED RHŒAS: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 78.—THE WILD POPPY CALLED CERATITIS, GLAUCIUM, OR PARALIUM: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 79.—THE WILD POPPY CALLED HERACLIUM, OR APHRON: FOUR REMEDIES. DIACODION.
CHAP. 80.—THE POPPY CALLED TITHYMALON, OR PARALION: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 81. (20.)—PORCILLACA OR PURSLAIN, OTHERWISE CALLED PEPLIS: TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 82.—CORIANDER: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 83.—ORAGE: FOURTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 84. (21.)—THE MALLOW CALLED MALOPE: THIRTEEN REME-
DIES. THE MALLOW CALLED MALACHE: ONE REMEDY. THE
MALLOW CALLED ALTHÆA, OR PLISTOLOCHIA: FIFTY-NINE REME-
DIES.
CHAP. 85.—WILD LAPATHUM OR OXALIS, OTHERWISE CALLED LAPATHUM CANTHERINUM, OR RUMEX: ONE REMEDY. HYDROLAPATHUM: TWO REMEDIES. HIPPOLAPATHUM: SIX REMEDIES. OXYLAPATHUM: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 86.—CULTIVATED LAPATHUM: TWENTY-ONE REMEDIES. BULAPATHUM: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 87. (22.)—MUSTARD, THE THREE KINDS OF IT: FORTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 88.—ADACA: FORTY-EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 89.—MARRUBIUM OR PRASION, OTHERWISE LINOSTROPHON, PHILOPAIS, OR PHILOCHARES: TWENTY-NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 90.—WILD THYME: EIGHTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 91.—SISYMBRIUM OR THYMBRÆUM: TWENTY-THREE
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 92.—LINSEED: THIRTY REMEDIES.
CHAP. 93.—BLITE: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 94. (23.)—MEUM, AND MEUM ATHAMANTICUM: SEVEN
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 95.—FENNEL: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 96.—HIPPOMARATHRON, OR MYRSINEUM: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 97.—HEMP: NINE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 98.—FENNEL-GIANT: EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 99.—THE THISTLE OR SCOLYMOS: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 100. (24.)—THE COMPOSITION OF THERIACA.
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Table of Contents:
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.
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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