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Recipe · Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia (Bostock & Riley translation)

robur in other vehicle

Original passage

which grow on the * * * and , are remedial in cases of loss of the hair by alopecy.

Pliny the Elder, The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6): Books XXIV–XXXI, translated by John Bostock; H. T. Riley (1856 edition) · Book 24, chapter 7 · THE EXCRESCENCES WHICH GROW ON THE ROBUR: ONE REMEDY. THE CERRUS: EIGHT REMEDIES. · lines 1834–1835 · passage pliny-nh:b24:c007:001

Extracted field (numbered)Illegible in source

What the pipeline extracted

  1. 1Partother“The round excrescences”
  2. 2Plantrobur“robur”
  3. 3Solvent / vehicleOther vehicle“mixed with bear’s grease”
  4. 4Use (as written)loss of the hair by alopecy“loss of the hair by alopecy”
  5. Fresh or driedNot stated in source
  6. HeatNot stated in source
  7. DurationNot stated in source
  8. FiltrationNot stated in source
  9. ProcessNot stated in source
  10. FormNot stated in source