[1268]. Cf. Beckmann, i. 82.

[1269]. Theoph. Hist. Plant. ix. 16. 7.

[1270]. Dioscor. iii. 175.

[1271]. Theoph. Hist. Plant. ix. 16. 6.

[1272]. Dioscor. iv. 144.

[1273]. Id. iii. 43.

[1274]. Athen. iii. 56. There appears to be no other authority for this custom. Cf. Meurs. Græc. Feriat. iv. p. 183. The poison of a mad dog’s bite was exhausted by the cupping-glass. Celsus, v. 27. 2.

[1275]. Δύναμιν δὲ ἔχει σηπτικὴν μὲν τῶν ἐμψύχων, φυλακτικὴν δὲ τῶν νεκρῶν σωμάτων. ὄθεν καὶ νεκροῦ ζωήν τινες αὐτὴν ἐκάλεσαν. Dioscor. i. 105.

[1276]. Dioscor. i. 157.

[1277]. Συρμαία, Poll. i. 247.