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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.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MAN.
CHAP. 3. (2.)—WHETHER WORDS ARE POSSESSED OF ANY
HEALING EFFICACY.
CHAP. 4.—THAT PRODIGIES AND PORTENTS MAY BE CONFIRMED, OR
MADE OF NO EFFECT.
CHAP. 5.—A DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS USAGES.
CHAP. 6. (3.)—TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OBSERVATIONS
ON REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MAN. EIGHT REMEDIES DERIVED,
FROM CHILDREN.
CHAP. 7.—PROPERTIES OF THE HUMAN SPITTLE.
CHAP. 8.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE WAX OF THE HUMAN
EAR.
CHAP. 9.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HUMAN HAIR,
TEETH, ETC.
CHAP. 10.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HUMAN BLOOD, THE
SEXUAL CONGRESS, ETC.
CHAP. 11.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE DEAD.
CHAP. 12.—VARIOUS REVERIES AND DEVICES OF THE MAGICIANS.
CHAP. 13.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HUMAN EXCRETIONS.
CHAP. 14.—REMEDIES DEPENDING UPON THE HUMAN WILL.
CHAP. 15. (6.)—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SNEEZING.
CHAP. 16.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SEXUAL CONGRESS.
CHAP. 17.—VARIOUS OTHER REMEDIES.
CHAP. 18.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE URINE.
CHAP. 19.—INDICATIONS OF HEALTH DERIVED FROM THE URINE.
CHAP. 20. (7.)—FORTY-ONE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE
FEMALE SEX.
CHAP. 21.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WOMAN'S MILK.
CHAP. 22.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SPITTLE OF FEMALES.
CHAP. 23.—FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE.
CHAP. 24. (8.)—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM FOREIGN ANIMALS:
THE ELEPHANT, EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 25.—TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE LION.
CHAP. 26.—TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CAMEL.
CHAP. 27.—SEVENTY-NINE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HYÆNA.
CHAP. 28.—NINETEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CROCODILE.
CHAP. 29.—FIFTEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CHAMÆLEON.
CHAP. 30.—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SCINCUS.
CHAP. 31.—SEEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.
CHAP. 32.—FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE LYNX.
CHAP. 33. (9.)—REMEDIES FURNISHED IN COMMON BY ANIMALS
OF THE SAME CLASS, WHETHER WILD OR TAME. FIFTY-FOUR
MEDICINAL USES OF MILK, WITH OBSERVATIONS THEREON.
CHAP. 34.—TWELVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM CHEESE.
CHAP. 35.—TWENTY-FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BUTTER.
CHAP. 36.—OXYGALA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 37.—THE VARIOUS USES OF FAT AND OBSERVATIONS UPON
IT, FIFTY-TWO IN NUMBER.
CHAP. 38.—SUET.
CHAP. 39.—MARROW.
CHAP. 40.—GALL.
CHAP. 41.—BLOOD.
CHAP. 42.—PECULIAR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM VARIOUS ANIMALS,
AND CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE MALADIES. REMEDIES
AGAINST THE POISON OF SERPENTS, DERIVED FROM THE STAG,
THE FAWN, THE OPHION, THE SHE-GOAT, THE KID, AND THE
ASS.
CHAP. 43.—REMEDIES FOR THE BITE OF THE MAD DOG. REMEDIES
DERIVED FROM THE CALF, THE HE-GOAT, AND VARIOUS OTHER
ANIMALS.
CHAP. 44.—REMEDIES TO BE ADOPTED AGAINST ENCHANTMENTS.
CHAP. 45.—REMEDIES FOR POISONS.
CHAP. 46. (11.)—-REMEDIES FOR DIEASES OF THE HEAD, AND
FOR ALOPECY.
CHAP. 47.—-REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE EYES.
CHAP. 48.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES AND AFFECTIONS OF
THE EARS.
CHAP. 49.—REMEDIES FOR TOOTH-ACHE.
CHAP. 50. (12.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE FACE.
CHAP. 51.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE TONSILLARY GLANDS,
AND FOR SCROFULA.
CHAP. 52—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE NECK.
CHAP. 53.—-REMEDIES FOR COUGH AND FOR SPITTING OF BLOOD.
CHAP. 54. (13.)—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH.
CHAP. 55.—REMEDIES FOR LIVER COMPLAINTS AND FOR ASTHMA.
CHAP. 56.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LOINS.
CHAP. 57.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SPLEEN.
CHAP. 58. (14.)—REMEDIES FOR BOWEL COMPLAINTS.
CHAP. 59.—REMEDES FOR TENESMUS, TAPEWORM, AND
AFFECTIONS OF THE COLON.
CHAP. 60. (15.)—-REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER,
AND FOR URINARY CALCULI.
CHAP. 61.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE GENERATIVE ORGANS
AND OF THE FUNDAMENT.
CHAP. 62. (16.)—REMEDIES FOR GOUT AND FOR DISEASES OF
THE FEET.
CHAP. 63.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY.
CHAP. 64.—REMEDIES FOR JAUNDICE.
CHAP. 65.—-REMEDIES FOR BROKEN BONES.
CHAP. 66.—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS.
CHAP. 67. (17.)—REMEDIES FOR MELANCHOLY, LETHARGY, AND
PHTHSIS.
CHAP. 68.—REMEDIES FOR DROPSY.
CHAP. 69.—REMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS, AND FOR PURULENT
ERUPTIONS.
CHAP. 70.—REMEDIES FOR SPRAINS, INDURATIONS, AND BOILS.
CHAP. 71.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS. THE METHOD OF TESTING
BULL-GLUE; SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT.
CHAP. 72.— REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SINEWS AND FOR
CONTUSIONS.
CHAP. 73. (18.)—REMEDIES FOR HÆMORRHAGE.
CHAP. 74.—REMEDIES FOR ULCERS AND CARACINOMATOUS SORES.
CHAP. 75.—REMEDIES FOR THE ITCH.
CHAP. 76.—METHODS OF EXTRACTING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES WHICH
ADHERE TO THE, BODY, AND OF RESTORING SCARS TO THEIR
NATURAL COLOUR.
CHAP. 77. (19.)—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE DISEASES.
CHAP. 78.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS.
CHAP. 79.—PROVOCATIVES OF SLEEP.
CHAP. 80.—STIMLANTS FOR THE SEXUAL PASSIONS.
CHAP. 81. (20.)—REMARKABLE FACTS RELATIVE TO ANIMALS.
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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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