[2758] In B. xviii. c. 29.
[2759] “Trimestris.” See B. xviii. c. [12].
[2760] Fée remarks, that this meal is still valued for its maturative properties.
[2761] Hair-grass, probably, or darnel. See B. xviii. c. [44].
[2762] In B. xviii. c. 14. Injections of meal are still employed, Fée says, for diarrhœa.
[2763] The flour of the grain called “far,” Fée thinks. See B. xviii. c. [10].
[2764] This statement is probably founded upon the notion that corn has the property of attracting liquids, even when enclosed in vessels.
[2765] A paste of this kind, if applied to a recent wound, would have the effect of preventing cicatrization, and giving free access to the flow of blood.