The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6)

by the Elder Pliny

[86] Castor is still given to females to inhale, when suffering from hysteria.

[87] See B. xx. c. 54.

[88] See B. xxiv. c. 38.

[89] See B. viii. c. 41, B. x. c. 95, and B. xi. cc. 24, 28.

[90] See B. xxix. c. 32.

[91] See B. viii. c. 35, and B. xvi. c. 80.

[92] See B. xx. c. 81; B. xxii. c. 13; B. xxiii. c. 23, and B. xxiv. c. 73.

[93] See B. xii. c. 57.

[94] Or Mistletoe; see B, xvi. c. 92.

[95] As to the identity of the “nitrum” of the ancients, see B. xxxi. c. 46 and the Notes.