[293] Lit. choledochous, bile-receiving.

[294] Thus over-roasting—shall we say excessive oxidation?—produces the abnormal forms of both black and yellow bile.

[295] cf. p. 277, [note 2].

[296] Timaeus, 82 C-D.

[297] cf. p. 90, [note 1]. The term “catarrh” refers to this “running down,” which was supposed to take place through the pores of the cribriform plate of the ethmoid into the nose.

[298] Now lost.


BOOK III

[I]