[1420] Pard or panther-strangle. See B. xxvii. c. 2. The juice of garlic has no such effect as here stated.
[1421] De Morb. Mul. B. i. c. 74.
[1422] See B. xxix. c. 39.
[1423] The Morbus pedicularis. From the frequent mention of it, Fée says, it would seem to have been very prevalent in ancient times; whereas now, it is but rarely known.
[1424] A disease of the skin; supposed by some to be the same as ringworm. The word is employed in modern medicine to signify skin diseases in general, such as itch, lichen, scaldhead, ringworm, &c.
[1425] Pintianus suggests “hirudines,” “leeches,” and not “arundines,” arrows. The latter reading is supported, however, by Plinius Valerianus and M. Empiricus.
[1426] An expensive kind of fish-sauce: for some further account of it see B. ix. c. 30.
[1428] See B. x. c. 78.
[1429] “Caprina.” See B. xxvi. c. 39.