CHAP. 90.—THE POLYANTHEMUM OR RATRACHION: THREE REMEDIES. - The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6) - 414 - the Elder Pliny

CHAP. 89.—THE OXYS: TWO REMEDIES.CHAP. 91.—THE POLYGONOS, POLYGONATOS, TEUTHALIS, CARCINETHRON, CLEMA, OR MYRTOPETALOS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SANGUINARIA OR ORIOS: FOUR VARIETIES OF IT: FORTY REMEDIES.

CHAP. 90.—THE POLYANTHEMUM OR RATRACHION: THREE REMEDIES.

The polyanthemum,[1958] by some persons called “batrachion,”[1959] by virtue of its caustic properties has an excoriating effect upon scars, and restores the skin to its proper colour. It heals white morphew [1960] also.