[1670] See B. xxvi. c. 41. Probably the Euphorbia paralias of Linnæus, or Sea euphorbia. Its medicinal properties are similar to those of the Euphorbia esula above mentioned.
[1671] The fructiferous heads of the Euphorbiaceæ, thus employed, would, as Fée remarks, be productive of most disastrous results.
[1672] The Euphorbia peplis of Linnæus.
[1673] See B. xiii. c. 40. By Dioscorides, B. iv. c. 165, all these virtues are attributed exclusively to the cultivated purslain. Indeed, there is no analogy between the properties of the two plants; though neither of them is possessed of the wonderful virtues as antidotes here mentioned, and they would only increase the sufferings of asthmatic patients.
[1674] As to this serpent, see Lucan’s Pharsalia, B. ix. l. 722, et seq.
[1675] A kind of spreading tumour, which, according to Scribonius Largus, would appear as if about to force the eye out of the socket. Fée remarks, that this malady is no longer known.
[1676] See B. xxxv. c. 57.
[1677] “Acetariis.”
[1678] “Sapa.” Grape-juice, boiled down to one third.
[1679] Ἐπιτομὴν ῥιζοτουμένων.