CHAP. I. MEDICINES FOR STOPPING BLOOD.
A bleeding is stopped by copperas, which the Greeks call chalcanthus[ DG ], chalcitis[(1)], acacia, lycium with water, frankincense, aloes, gum[(2)], calcined lead[(3)], leeks, blood herb, either Cimolian, or potter’s chalk, misy[(4)], cold water, wine, vinegar, allum[(5)], melinum[(6)], scales both of iron[(7)] and copper; and of this last there are two species, the one of common copper, the other of red copper.
CHAP. II. AGGLUTINANTS AND RESTRINGENTS.
A wound is agglutinated by myrrh, frankincense, gum, especially acanthine, fleawort, tragacanth, cardamom, bulbusses, lintseed, cresses, white of an egg, glue, isinglass, the white vine[(8)], snails bruised with their shells, boiled honey, sponge squeezed out of cold water or wine or vinegar; or sordid wool dipped in the same, if the wound be slight; also cobwebs.
Both scissile alum, which is called schiston[ DH ] and the liquid are restringent, also melinum, orpiment, verdigrease, chalcitis, copperas.
CHAP. III. MEDICINES FOR PROMOTING A SUPPURATION.
Maturating and suppurating medicines are nard, myrrh, costus, balsam, galbanum, propolis[(9)], storax, both the soot of frankincense[(10)] and its bark, bitumen, pitch, sulphur, resin, suet, fat, and oil.
CHAP. IV. MEDICINES FOR OPENING WOUNDS.
Wounds are opened like mouths in bodies, which in Greek is called anastomoun[ DI ], by cinnamon, balsam, panaces, long cyperus, penny-royal, white violet flowers, bdellium, galbanum, turpentine and pine resin, propolis, old oil, pepper, pellitory, ground pine, stavesacre, sulphur, alum, seed of rue.