[622] See a similar statement as to Consiligo, in B. xxvi c. 21.
[623] See B. xv. c. 7, and B. xxiv. c. 11.
[624] Its properties, Fée says, are not more active than those of black hellebore.
[625] Fée remarks, that they showed their wisdom in this.
[626] Herophilus, it must be remembered, lived a considerable time before Themison.
[627] “Forficulis.” He probably refers to c. 21, where, however, he has mentioned only a needle—“acus.” It is possibly a lapsus memoriæ on his part.
[628] This he has stated to be attended with danger, in the case of black hellebore, should the dose be too strong.
[629] In c. 21 of this Book.
[630] Twitchings of the mouth, which cause the patient to show his teeth, like a dog.
[631] Cæsalpinus identifies it with the Erythronium dens canis of Linnæus, and Commerson and Schreiber with the Dorstenia tambourissa of Sonnerat. Fée is probably right in considering its synonym as still unknown.