SECT. XIII.—TO MAKE HAIRS GROW ON A PART THAT HAS BEEN BURNT.
Hairs grow on a burnt part if you apply fig leaves boiled in a pot with cerate, in the form of a plaster; or, of dried fig, dr. viij; of marjoram, dr. j; triturate with oil to the thickness of a cerate, and use; or, of gypsum, dr. c; of squama æris, dr. j; form trochisks with water, and keep. When going to use, mix one part with eight parts of cerate.
Commentary. The Arabians mention various things which were supposed to be possessed of the property of making hairs grow; such as turpentine, spikenard, thapsia, &c.