CHAP. 26.—TEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CAMEL.
A camel's[1] brains, dried and taken in vinegar, are a cure, they
say, for epilepsy: the same, too, with the gall, taken with
honey; which is a remedy also for quinzy. A camel's tail
dried, it is said, is productive of diarrhœa, and ashes of burnt
camel's dung, mixed with oil, make the hair curl. These
ashes, applied topically, are very useful for dysentery, as also
taken in drink, the proper dose being a pinch in three fingers
at a time; they are curative also of epilepsy. Camel's urine
it is said, is very useful to fullers, and is good for the cure of
running sores. Barbarous nations, we are told, are in the habit
of keeping it till it is five years old, and then taking it as a
purgative, in doses of one semisextarius. The hairs of the
tail, it is said, plaited and attached to the left arm, are a cure
for quartan fevers.