[1410] See B. xix. c. [33]. Aristotle, Sotion, and Dioscorides state to the same effect.
[1411] “Porrum capitatum.”
[1412] There is no difference now recognized between these two kinds of leeks, so far as their medicinal effects are concerned.
[1413] See B. xvi. c. 9.
[1414] I. e. gum arabic. For an account of the Acacia Nilotica, see B. xiii. c. 19.
[1415] De Morb. Mul. B. ii. c. 89, and De Steril. c. 13.
[1416] This is not the fact.
[1418] Fée says that the action of garlic is so powerful, that it is one of the most energetic vermifuges known; but at the same time it is so strong an excitant, that it is very liable to cause worse evils than the presence even of worms.
[1419] This serpent is described by Lucan, in the “Pharsalia,” B. ix. l. 708, et seq., where a fearful account is given of the effects of its sting. Nicander, in his “Theriaca,” informs us that those bitten by the hæmorrhoïs die with the blood flowing from the nose and ears, whence its name.