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BOOK I.
BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK IV. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR
FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK V.
AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VI. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS,
HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES
WHO NOW EXIST, OR FORMERLY EXISTED.
BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK VIII. THE NATURE OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS.
BOOK IX. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS.
BOOK XII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TREES
BOOK XIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF EXOTIC TREES, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS.
BOOK XIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT TREES.
BOOK XV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FRUIT-TREES.
BOOK XVI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XVII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XVIII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GRAIN.
BOOK XIX.
THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF FLAX, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE GARDEN PLANTS.
BOOK XXI.
AN ACCOUNT OF FLOWERS. AND THOSE USED FOR
CHAPLETS MORE PARTICULARLY.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXIII.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES.
BOOK XXIV.
THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FOREST TREES.
BOOK XXV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF WILD PLANT
BOOK XXVI.
A CONTINUATION OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM
PLANTS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PARTICULAR
DISEASES.
BOOK XXVII.
A DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, AND OF THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THEM.
BOOK XXVIII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXIX.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXX.
REMEDIES DERIEVED FROM LIVING CREATURES.
BOOK XXXI.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC PRODUCTION
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
BOOK XXXIII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXIV.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF METALS.
BOOK XXXV.
AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS.
BOOK XXXVI.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF STONES.
BOOK XXXVII.
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PRECIOUS STONES.
chapter:
CHAP. 1. (1.)—WHEN THE WAILD PLANTS WERE FIRST BROUGHT
INTO USE.
CHAP. 2. (2.)—THE LATIN AUTHORS WHO HAVE WRITTEN UPON
THESE PLANTS.
CHAP. 3.—AT WHAT PERIOD THE ROMANS ACQUIRED SOME KNOW-
LEDGE OF THIS SUBJECT.
CHAP. 4.—GREEK AUTHORS WHO HAVE DELINEATED THE
PLANTS IN COLOURS.
CHAP. 5.—THE FIRST GREEK AUTHORS WHO WROTE UPON PLANTS.
CHAP. 6.—WHY A FEW OF THE PLANTS ONLY HAVE BEEN USED
MEDICINALLY. PLANTS, THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF WHICH
HAVE BEEN MIRACULOUSLY DISCOVERED. THE CYNORRHODOS:
TWO REMEDIES. THE PLANT CALLED DRACUNCULUS: ONE
REMEDY. THE BRITANNICA: FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 7.—WHAT DISEASES ARE ATTENDED WITH THE GREATEST PAIN.
NAMES OF PERSONS WHO HAVE DISCOVERED FAMOUS PLANTS.
CHAP. 8. (4.)—MOLY: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 9.—THE DODECATHEOS: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 10.—THE PÆONIA, PENTOROBUS, OR GLYCYSIDE: ONE
REMEDY.
CHAP. 11.—THE PANACES ASCLEPION: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 12.—THE PANACES HERACLEON: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 13.—THE PANACES CHIRONION: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 14.—THE PANACES CENTAURION OR PHARNACION:
THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 15.—THE HERACLEON SIDERION: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 16.—THE AMPELOS CHIRONIA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 17.—HYOSCYAMOS, KNOWN ALSO AS THE APOLLINARIS OR
ALTERCUM; FIVE VARIETIES OF IT: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 18. (5.)—LINOZOSTIS, PARTHENION, HERMUPOA, OR MER-
CURIALIS; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 19.—THE ACIIILLEOS, SIDERITIS, PANACES HERACLEON,
MILLEFOLIUM, OR SCOPÆ REGLÆ; SIX VARIETIES OF IT:
THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 20.—THE TEUCRION, HEMIONION, OR SPLENION: TWO
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 21.—MELAMIPODIUM, HELLEBORE, OR VERATRUM: THREE
VARIETES OF IT. THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS GATHERED, AND
HOW THES QUALITY OF IT IS TESTED.
CHAP. 22.—TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BLACK HELLE-
BORE. HOW IT SHOULD BE TAKEN.
CHAP. 23.—TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WHITE
HELLEBORE.
CHAP. 24.—EIGHTY-EIGHT OBSERVATIONS UPON THE TWO KINDS
OF HELLEBORE.
CHAP. 25.—TO WHAT PERSONS HELLEBORE SHOULD NEVER BE
ADMINISTERED.
CHAP. 26. (6.)—THE MITHRIDATIA.
CHAP. 27.—THE SCORDOTIS OR SCORDION: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 28.—THE POLEMONIA, PHILETÆRIA, OR CHILIODYNAMUS:
SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 29.—THE EUPATORIA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 30.—CENTAURION OR CHIRONION: TWENTY REMEDIES.
CHAP. 31.—THE CENTAURION LEPTON, OR LIBATION, KNOWN ALSO
AS FELL TERRÆ: TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 32.—THE CENTAURIS TRIORCHIS: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 33. (7).—CLYMENUS : TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 34.—GENTIAN: THIRTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 35.—THE LYSIMACHIA: EIGHT REMEDIES,
CHAP. 36.—ARTEMISIA, PARTHENIS, BOTRYS, OR AMBROSIA:
FIVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 37.—NYMPHÆA, HERACLEON, RHOPALON, OR MADON; TWO
VARIETIES OF IT: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 38.—TWO VARIETIES OF EUPHORBIA: FOUR REMEDIES.
THE CHAMELÆA.
CHAP. 39. (8.)—TWO VARIETIES OF THE PLANTAGO: FORTY-SIX
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 40.—BUGLOSSOS: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 41.—CYNOGLOSSOS: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 42.—THE BUPHTALMOS OR CACHLA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 43.—PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY CERTAIN
NATIONS. THE SCYTHICE: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 44.—THE HIPPACE: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 45.—THE ISCHÆMON: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 46.—THE CESTROS, PSYCHOTROPEION, VETTONICA, OR SERRA-
TULA: FORTY-EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 47.—THE CANTABRICA: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 48.—CONSILIGO: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 49.—THE IBERIS: SEVEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 50.—PLANTS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED BY CERTAIN
ANIMALS. CHELIDONIA: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 51.—THE DOG-PLANT: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 52.—THE ELAPHOBOSCON.
CHAP. 53.—DICTAMNON: EIGHT REMEDIES. PSEUDODICTAMNON
OR CHONDRIS. IN WHAT PLACES THE MOST POWERFUL PLANTS
ARE FOUND. HOW THAT MILK IS DRUNK IN ARCADIA FOR THE
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE PLANTS UPON WHICH THE CATTLE
FEED.
CHAP. 54.—THE ARISTOLOCHIA, CLEMATITIS, CRETICA, PLISTOTO-
CHIA, LOCHIA POLYRRHIZOS, OR APPLE OF THE EARTH: TWENTY-
TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 55.—THE EMPLOYMENT OF THESE PLANTS FOR INJURIES
INFLICTED BY SERPENTS.
CHAP. 56. (9.)—THE ARIGEMONIA: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 57.—AGARIC: THIRTY-THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 58.—THE ECHIOS; THREE VARIETIES OF IT: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 59.—HIERABOTANE, PERISTEREON, OR VERBENACA; TWO
VARIETIES OF IT: TEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 60.—THE BLATTARIA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 61.—LEMONIUM : ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 62.—QUINQUEFOLIUM, KNOWN ALSO AS PENTAPETES, PEN-
TAPHYLLON, OR CHAMÆZELON: THIRTY-THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 63.—THE SPARGANION : ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 64.—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE DAUCUS: EIGHTEEN
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 65.—THE THERIONARCA: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 66.—THE PERSOLATA OR ARCION; EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 67.—CYCLAMINOS OR TUBER TERRÆ: TWELVE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 68.—THE CYCLAMINOS CISSANTHEMOS: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 69.—THE CYCLAMINOS CHAMÆCISSOS: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 70.—PEUCEDANUM: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES.
CHAP. 71. (10.)—EBULUM : SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 72.—POLEMONIA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 73.—PHLOMOS OR VERBASCUM: FIFTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 74.—THE PHLOMIS: ONE REMEDY. THE LYCHNITIS OR
THRYALLIS.
CHAP. 75.—THE THELYPHONON OR SCORPIO: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 76.—THE PHLYNION, NEURAS, OR POTERION ; ONE
REMEDY.
CHAP. 77.—THE ALISMA, DAMASONION, OR LYRON: SEYENTEEN
REMEDIES
CHAP. 78.—PERISTEREOS: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 79.— REMEDIES AGAINST CERTAIN POISONS.
CHAP. 80.—THE ANTIRREHINUM, ANARRHlNON, OR LYCHNIS AGRIA:
THREE REMDIES.
CHAP. 81.—EUCLEA: ONE EBMEDY.
CHAP. 82.—TIE PERICARPUM; TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWO
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 83. (11.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE HEAD.
NYMPHÆA HERACLIA: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 84.—THE LINGULACA : ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 85.—THE CACALIA OR LEONTICE: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 86.—THE CALLITRICHOS: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 87.—HYSSOP: TEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 88.—THE LONCHITIS : FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 89.—THE XIPHION OR PHASGANION: FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 90.—PSYLLION, CYNOÏDES, CRYSTALLION, SICELICON, OR
CYNOMYIA; SIXTEEN REMEDIES. TIRYSELINUM: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 91. (12.)—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE EYES.
CHAP. 92. (13.)—THE ANAGALLIS, OR CORCHORON; TWO VARIE-
TIES OF IT: SIX REMEDIES.
CHAP. 93.—THE ÆGILOPS : TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 94.—MANDRAGORA, CIRCÆON, MORION, OR HIPPOPHLOMOS;
TWO VARIETIES OF IT: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES.
CHAP. 95.—HEMLOCK: THIRTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 96.—CRETHMOS AGRIOS : ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 97.—MOLYBDÆNA: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 98.—THE FIRST KIND OF CAPNOS, KNOWN ALSO AS CHICKEN'S
FOOT: ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 99.—THE ARBORESCENT CAPNOS: THREE REMEDIES.
CHAP. 100.—THE ACORON OR AGRION: FOURTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 101.—THE COTYLEDON: TWO VARIETIES OF IT: SIXTY-ON,
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 102.—THE GREATER AIZOÜM, ALSO CALLED BUPHTHALMOS,
ZOÖPHTHALMOS, STERGETHRON, HYPOGESON, AMBROSION, AME-
RIMNON, SEDTUM MAGNUM, OR DIGITELLUS: THIRTY-SIX REMIIE-
DIES. TIHE SMALLER AIZOÜM, ALSO CALLED ERITHALES, TRI-
THALES, CHRYSOTHALES, ISOETES OR SEDUM: THIRTY-TWO
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 103.—THE ANDRACHLE AGRIA OR ILLECEBRA: THIRTY-TWO
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 104.—A REMEDY FOR DISEASES OF THE NOSTRILS.
CHAP. 105.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE TEETH.
CHAP. 106.—ERIGERON, PAPPUS, ACANTHIS, OR SENECIO: EIGHT
REMEDIES.
CHAP. 107.—THE EPHEMERON: TWO REMEDIES.
CHAP. 108.—THE LABRUM VENEREUM : ONE REMEDY.
CHAP. 109.—THE BATRACHION, RANUNCULUS, OR STRUMUS ; FOUR
VARIETIES OF IT: FOURTEEN REMEDIES.
CHAP. 110.—REMEDIAL PREPARATIONS FOR OFFENSIVE BREATH :
TWO KINDS OF THEM.
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BOOK VII.
MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.
BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.
BOOK XXII.
THE PROPERTIES OF PLANTS AND FRUITS.
BOOK XXXII.
REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.
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