CHAP. 55.—THE SWEET APPLES CALLED MELIMELA: SIX OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. SOUR APPLES: FOUR OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM.
The apples known as “melimela,”[3068] and the other sweet apples, relax the stomach and bowels, but are productive of heat and thirst,[3069] though they do not act injuriously upon the nervous system. The orbiculata[3070] arrest diarrhœa and vomiting, and act as a diuretic. Wild apples resemble the sour apples of spring, and act astringently upon the bowels: indeed, for this purpose they should always be used before they are ripe.