CHAP. 76.—THE PHRYNION, NEURAS, OR POTERION; ONE REMEDY.
Frogs, too, have their venom, the bramble-frog[801] in particular, and I myself have seen the Psylli, in their exhibitions, irritate them by placing them upon flat vessels made red hot,[802] their bite being fatal more instantaneously than the sting even of the asp. One remedy for their poison is the phrynion,[803] taken in wine, which has also the additional names of “neuras”[804] and “poterion:” it bears a small flower, and has numerous fibrous roots, with an agreeable smell.