Antall József szerk.: Orvostörténeti közlemények 115-116. (Budapest, 19869

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translated in various ways, as also because the original language of the quotations was Greek or Latin, respectively. In the bibliography I attempted to present always the earliest references with additional ones only when there were differences in the descriptions. As a matter of course, almost all data can be found in the work of previous authors (i. e. of the 16th and 17th c), many times without a reference, since there had been similar earlier compilations in the course of time (Pliny, Albertus Magnus, Crollius). Nevertheless, among those I know, the one referred to below, is the richest and, anyway, as Donatus says: "Pereant, qui ante nos nostra dixerunt." ANAS [and ANSER] (duck-goose) According to Pliny, if food lies heavy on its stomach, it will purge itself by sideris herb to relieve itself.

23 APER (wild boar) Being sick, it will consume ivy, according to Pliny,

4 while crab, according to Crollius

5 as a remedy. AQUILA (eagle) According to Crollius,

6 it can rejuvenate itself by discarding its plumage and in other ways too. Similar to the crab, snake and lizard, it is namely one of the forerunners of geriatry. BOS (ox) As related by Falloppius,

7 the ox discovers in certain places the mineral springs and purges its kidney by their water. According to Aldrovandi,

8 oxen, if affected by pain in their stomach, take human excrements as a remedy. CANIS (dog) As described by Aristotle,

9 the dog eats herba canaria, i. e. herb of the dog, as an emetic. According to Aelianus,

10 origanum

11 is for dogs a kind of panacea, being beneficial for all their troubles. Aristotle, and after him Albertus Magnus

12 informs us about dogs consuming wheat germ or the ear of wheat (spicas tritici) to become cured when affected by tapeworm. CAPER or CAPRA (goat) Should we take for granted what is said by Aelianus,

0 the cataract having developed over the goats eyes, is punctured or removed by it with the help of a thorn. According to Aldrovandi's statement,

14 where he refers to a line of a Greek poem I have actually not found, once a goat bitten by a viper was delivered from death by the sucking of her kid. The kid sucked the poison with 2 Pliny, História Naturalis, 8. 28 3 In Greek: heracleia 4 Pliny, (n. 2) H. N., 8. 28 5 O. Crollius, De signaturis intemis rerum, 2 vols, Frankfurt am Main, 1684, vol. 2, 148 6 O. Crollius, (n. 5) De signaturis, vol. 2, 148 7 G. Falloppio, "De medicatis aquis", Opera Omnia, Frankfurt, 1584, p. 254 8 U. Aldrovandi, Quadrupedum omnium bisulcorum história, Bononiae, 1621, p. 67 9 Aristotle, História Animalium, 1. 6. 612b 31—32 10 Aelianus Claudius, De animalium natura, 5. 46 11 Cudweed or wild marjoram 12 Albertus Magnus, De animalibus libri 27, ed. N. Stadler, 2 vols., Münster, 1916, vol. 1, 8. 48 13 Aelianus, (n. 10) De animalium, 7. 14 14 U. Aldrovandi, Serpentum et draconum história, Bononiae, 1643, p. 136. G