[32] They might be used advantageously, Fée thinks, in the shape of a decoction, for procidence of the uvula and uterus.
[33] “Eating,” or “corrosive.”
[34] See B. xvi. cc. 11, 93, 94.
[35] See B. xvi. cc. 10, 11.
[36] This passage, as Fée remarks, is somewhat obscure.
[37] As to the identity of the “nitrum” of Pliny, see B. [xxxi]. cc. 22, 46.
[38] Fée says, that till very recently it was a common belief that the oak mistletoe is curative of epilepsy. It was also employed as an ingredient in certain antispasmodic powders.
[39] See B. xvi. c. 10.
[40] See B. xvi. c. 8.
[41] This decoction would be of a tonic and astringent nature, owing to the tannin and gallic acid which the leaves and bark contain.