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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 ORIGIN OF THE MAGIC ART.
CHAP. 2.—WHEN AND WHERE THE ART OF MAGIC ORIGINATED:
BY WHAT PERSONS IT WAS FIRST PRACTISED.
CHAP. 3.—WHETHER MAGIC WAS EVER PRACTISED IN ITALY. AT
WHAT PERIOD THE SENATE FIRST FORBADE HUMAN SACRIFICES.
CHAP. 4.—THE DRUIDS OF THE GALLIC PROVINCES.
CHAP. 5. (2.)—THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF MAGIC.
CHAP. 6.—THE SUBTERFUGES PRACTISED BY THE MAGICIANS.
CHAP. 7. (3.)—OPINIONS OF THE MAGICIANS RELATIVE TO THE
MOLE. FIVE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT.
CHAP. 8.—THE OTHER REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES. REMEDIES
FOR TOOTH-ACHE.
CHAP. 9. (4.)—REMEDIES FOR OFFENSIVE ODOURS AND SORES OF
THE MOUTH.
CHAP. 10.—REMEDIES FOR SPOTS UPON THE FACE.
CHAP. 11.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE THROAT.
CHAP. 12.—REMEDIES FOR QUINZY AND SCROFULA.
CHAP. 13.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SHOULDERS.
CHAP. 14.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE VISCERA.
CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE STOMACH.
CHAP. 16.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LIVER, AND FOR SPITTING
OF BLOOD.
CHAP. 17.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SPLEEN.
CHAP. 18.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE SIDE AND IN THE LOINS.
CHAP. 19. (7.)—REMEDIES FOR DYSENTERY.
CHAP. 20.—REMEDES FOR THE ILIAC PASSION, AND FOR OTHER
MALADIES OF THE BOWELS.
CHAP. 21. (8.)—REMEDIES FOR URINARY CALCULI AND
AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER.
CHAP. 22.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE FUNDAMENT AND OF
THE GENERATIVE ORGANS.
CHAP. 23. (9.)—REMEDIES FOR GOUT AND FOR DISEASES OF THE
FEET.
CHAP. 24. (10.)—REMEDIES FOR EVILS WHICH ARE LIABLE TO
AFFECT THE WHOLE BODY.
CHAP. 25.—REMEDIES FOR COLD SHIVERINGS.
CHAP. 26.—REMEDIES FOR PARALYSIS.
CHAP. 27.—REMEDIES FOR EPILEPSY.
CHAP. 28. (11.)—REMEDIES FOR JAUNDICE.
CHAP. 29.—REMEDIES FOR PHRENITIS.
CHAP. 30.—REMEDIES FOR FEVERS.
CHAP. 31.—REMEDIES FOR DROPSY.
CHAP. 32. (12).—REMEDIES FOR ERYSIPELAS.
CHAP. 33.—REMEDIES FOR CARBUNCLES.
CHAP. 34.—REMEDIES FOR BOILS.
CHAP. 35.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS.
CHAP. 36.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE SINEWS.
CHAP. 37.—REMEDIES FOR MALADIES OF THE NAILS AND FINGERS.
CHAP. 38. (13.)—METHODS FOR ARRESTING HÆMORRHAGE.
CHAP. 39.—REMEDIES FOR ULCEROUS SORES AND WOUNDS.
CHAP. 40.—REMEDIES FOR BROKEN BONES.
CHAP. 41.—APPLICATIONS FOR CICATRIZATIONS, AND FOR, THE
CURE OF MORPHEW.
CHAP. 42.—METHODS OF EXTRICTXING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES FROM
THE BODY.
CHAP. 43. (14.)—REMEDIES FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS.
CHAP. 44.—METHODS OF FACILITATING DELIVERY.
CHAP. 45.—METHODS OF PRESERVING
THE BREASTS FROM INJURY.
CHAP. 46.—VARIOUS KINDS OF DEPILATORIES.
CHAP. 47.—REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF INFANTS.
CHAP. 48.—PROVOCATIYES OF SLEEP.
CHAP. 49.—APHRODISIACS AND ANTAPHRODISIACS.
CHAP. 50.—REMEDIES FOR PHTHIRIASIS, AND FOR VARIOUS OTHER
AFFECTIONS.
CHAP. 51.—REMEDIES FOR INTOXICATION.
CHAP. 52.—PECULIARITIES RELATIVE TO CERTAIN ANIMALS.
CHAP. 53. (16.)—OTHER MARVELLOUS FACTS CONNECTED WITH
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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