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

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1. 1THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.
2. 2CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.
3. 3BOOK XXXII.1 REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.
4. 4CHAP. 1. (1.)—THE POWER OF NATURE AS MANIFESTED IN ANTIPATHIES. THE ECHENEÏS: TWO REMEDIES.
5. 5CHAP. 2.—THE TORPEDO: NINE REMEDIES.
6. 6CHAP. 3.—THE SEA HARE: FIVE REMEDIES.
7. 7CHAP. 4.—MARVELS OF THE RED SEA.
8. 8CHAP. 5. (2.)—THE INSTINCTS OF FISHES.
9. 9CHAP. 6.—MARVELLOUS PROPERTIES BELONGING TO CERTAIN FISHES.
10. 10CHAP. 7.—PLACES WHERE FISH EAT FROM THE HAND.
11. 11CHAP. 8.—PLACES WHERE FISH RECOGNIZE THE HUMAN VOICE. ORACULAR RESPONSES GIVEN BY FISH.
12. 12CHAP. 9.—PLACES WHERE BITTER FISH ARE FOUND, SALT, OR SWEET.
13. 13CHAP. 10.—WHEN SEA-FISH WERE FIRST EATEN BY THE PEOPLE OF ROME. THE ORDINANCE OF KING NUMA AS TO FISH.
14. 14CHAP. 11.—CORAL: FORTY-THREE REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS.
15. 15CHAP. 12.—THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES WHICH EXIST BETWEEN CERTAIN OBJECTS. THE HATREDS MANIFESTED BY CERTAIN AQUATIC ANIMALS. THE PASTINACA: EIGHT REMEDIES. THE GALEOS: FIFTEEN REMEDIES. THE SUR-MULLET: FIFTEEN REMEDIES.
16. 16CHAP. 13. (3).—AMPHIBIOUS ANIMALS. CASTOREUM: SIXTY-SIX REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS.
17. 17CHAP. 14. (4.)—THE TORTOISE: SIXTY-SIX REMEDIES AND OBSERVATIONS.
18. 18CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE AQUATIC ANIMALS, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES.

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