Scolopendra: theriac smear, asphodel drink, fig-olunthoi plaster
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Of the same: about a scolopendra. The scolopendra does greater harm; but you, having smeared on some part of the theriac antidote, heal the stung place. Fruit of asphodel and the flowers, drunk with wine, counter the scolopendra; and fig-olunthoi with wine and vetch, being plastered, stop the pain.
Greek
3.27 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ· περὶ σκολοπένδρασ Η σκολόπενδρα μεῖζον μὲν ἀδικεῖ· σὺ δὲ μέρος τι τῆς ἀντιδότου θηριακῆς ἐπιχρίσας ἴασαι τὸν κεκνισμένον τόπον. Ἀσφοδέλου δὲ καρπὸς καὶ τὰ ἄνθη σὺν οἴνῳ πινόμενα σκολοπένδρας εἰσὶν ἀντίπαλα, συκῆς τε ὄλυνθοι μετ' οἴνου καὶ ὀρόβου καταπλασσόμενοι παύουσι τὴν ἀλγηδόνα.