[2222] Sec B. vii. c. 13. Tacitus tells the same wonderful story.
[2223] See the end of this Book.
[2224] See B. vii. c. 13.
[2225] See B. vii. c. 13.
[2226] Pliny has omitted the milk of the camel, which, according to Tavernier, is an excellent cure for dropsy.
[2227] See B. viii. c. 44.
[2228] One peculiarity not mentioned by Pliny, is, that its skin, like that of the sea-calf, was said to be proof against the effects of lightning.
[2229] In B. viii. c. 44.
[2230] “Glaucomata.” Littré considers, on the authority of M. Sichel, that “Glaucoma” and “suffusio” are different names for the same disease—cataract.
[2231] See B. xxxvi. c. 27.