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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.)—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH WATER.
CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES OF WATERS.
CHAP. 3.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WATER.
CHAP. 4.—WATERS PRODUCTIVE OF FECUNDITY. WATERS CURATIVE
OF INSANITY.
CHAP. 5.—WATERS REMEDIAL FOR URINARY CALCULI.
CHAP. 6.—WATERS CURATIVE OF WOUNDS.
CHAP. 7.—WATERS PREVENTIVE OF ABORTION.
CHAP. 8.—WATERS WHICH REMOVE MORPHEW.
CHAP. 9.—WATERS WITCH COLOUR THE HAIR.
CHAP. 10.—WATERS WHICH COLOUR THE HUMAN BODY.
CHAP. 11.—WATERS WHICH AID THE MEMORY, OR ARE PRODUCTIVE
OF FORGETFULNESS.
CHAP. 12.—WATERS WHICH SHARPEN OR DULL THE SENSES.
WATERS WHICH IMPROVE THE VOICE.
CHAP. 13.—WATERS WHICH CAUSE A DISTASTE FOR WINE. WATERS
WHICH PRODUCE INEBRIETY.
CHAP. 14.—WATERS WHICH SERVE AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR OIL.
CHAP. 15.—SALT AND BITTER WATERS.
CHAP. 16.—WATERS WHICH THROW UP STONES. WATERS WHICH
CAUSE LAUGHTER AND WEEPING. WATERS WHICH ARE SAID
TO BF CURATIVE OF LOVE.
CHAP. 17.—WATERS WHICH PRESERVE THEIR WARMTH FOR THREE
DAYS.
CHAP. 18.—OTHER MARVELLOUS FACTS CONNECTED WITH WATER.
WATERS IN WHICH EVERYTHING WILL SINK. WATERS IN WHICH
NOTHING WILL SINK.
CHAP. 19.—DEADLY WATERS. POISONOUS FISHES.
CHAP. 20.—WATERS WHICH PETRIFY, THEMSELVES, OR CAUSE OTHER
OBJECTS TO PETRIFY.
CHAP. 21. (3.)—THE WHOLESOMIENESS OF WATERS.
CHAP. 22.—THE IMPURITIES OF WATER.
CHAP. 23.—THE MODES OF TESTING WATER.
CHAP. 24.—THE MARCIAN WATERS.
CHAP. 25.—THE VIRGIN WATERS.
CHAP. 26.—TE METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR WATER.
CHAP. 27.—SIGNS INDICATIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF WATER.
CHAP. 28.—DIFFERENCES IN WATERS, ACCORDING TO THE NATURE
OF THE SOIL.
CHAP. 29.—THE QUALITIES OF WATER AT THE DIFFERENT SEASONS
OF THE YEAR.
CHAP. 30.—HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS UPON WATERS WHICH HAVE
SUDDENLY MADE THEIR APPEARANCE OR SUDDENLY CEASED.
CHAP. 31. (6.)—THE METHOD OF CONVEYING WATER.
CHAP. 32—HOW MINERAL WATERS SHOULD BE USED.
CHAP. 33.—THE USES OF SEA-WATER. THE ADVANTAGES OF
A SEA-VOYAGE.
CHAP. 34.—HOW ARTIFICIAL SEA-WATER MAY BE MADE IN PLACES
AT A DISTANCE FROM THE SEA.
CHAP. 35.—HOW THALASSOMELI IS MADE.
CHAP. 36.—How HYDROMELI IS MADE.
CHAP. 37.—METHODS OF PROVIDING AGAINST THE INCONVENIENCE
OF DRINKING SUSPECTED WATER.
CHAP. 38.—SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MOSS. REMEDIES
DERIVED FROM SAND.
CHAP. 39. (7.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF SALT; THE METHODS OF
PREPARING IT, AND THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. TWO
HUNDRED AND FOUR OBSERVATIONS THERE UPON.
CHAP. 40.—MURIA.
CHAP. 41.—THE VARIOUS PROPERTIES OF SALT: ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY HISTORICAL REMARKS RELATIVE THERETO.
CHAP. 42.—FLOWER OF SALT: TWENTY REMEDIES. SALSUGO:
TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 43.—GARUM: FIFTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 44.—ALEX: EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 45. (9.)—THE NATURE OF SALT.
CHAP. 46. (10.)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF NITRUM, THE METHODS
OF PREPARING IT, AND THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT: TWO
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE OBSERVATIONS THEREON.
CHAP. 47. (11.)—SPONGES, AND THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM
THEM: NINETY-TWO OBSERVATIONS THEREON.
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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.
1 Pliny appears to have forgotten the warm springs of the Seamander, mentioned by Homer in the Iliad, B. xxii. 1. 147. et seq.
2 Or rather, as Ajasson says, for cutaneous diseases.
3 See B. iii. c. 17.
4 In conformity with Sillig's suggestion, we reject "atque" as an interpolation.
5 "Mulceri."
6 In spite of what Pliny says, in some cases the use of a mineral bath is recommended for a long period of time together. At Leuk or Læch, for instance, in the Valais, the patients, Ajasson says, remain in the bath as much as eight hours together.
7 To promote expectoration, Dalechamps says; or rather vomiting, according to Holland.
8 This substance, Ajasson says, is still used in medicine; that of the waters of Silvanez, for example, in the department of Aveyron, is highly celebrated for the cure of inveterate ulcers and sciatica. The mud baths, too, of Saint Arnand, enjoy an European reputation.
9 See B. ii c. 106.
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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