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Remedies for hardness of breathing, asthma, and gripping of the bowels.

Title: Book 26: Diseases and Remedies

Subject: The remedies for shortness of brearth, asthma, cough, and gripping of the bowels. 

Description: Book 26 describes certain diseases that were prevelant in ancient Rome, and the remedies that they used to treat these disorders. For diseases regarding shortness of breath, asthma, cough, and gripping of the bowels, the plants listed as items will be the remedies.

Creator: Pliny the Elder

Source: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plin.+Nat.+26.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0137

Publisher: The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855.

Contributor: John Bostock

Rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

Format: Digital Website

Language: Originally writtin in Latin but was translated in English.

Type: Ancient Greek and Roman Literature

Identifier: http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001.perseus-eng1:26.1

Remedies for hardness of breathing, asthma, and gripping of the bowels.