CHAP. 6.—WATERS CURATIVE OF WOUNDS.

The tepid waters of Albula,[1] near Rome, have a healing effect upon wounds. Those of Cutilia,[2] again, in the Sabine territory, are intensely cold, and by a kind of suction penetrate the body to such a degree as to have the effect of a mordent almost. They are remarkably beneficial for affections of the stomach, sinews, and all parts of the body, in fact.

1. The present Bagni di Tivoli. They have other sanitary properties as well, a fact known to Strabo. Martial and Vitruvius also mention them,

2. See B. iii. c, 17. Called Cotiscoliæ by Strabo. They were of a salt and aluminous nature.