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This page prescribes plants as medicine according to pre-modern medical theory. Several of the plants named are toxic, correct identification is difficult, and the doses given have no scientific basis. Do not ingest or apply any preparation described here.
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Iliad
a celebrated epic poem in the Greek language, consisting of 24 books.
Homer. It is, however, a matter of dis- Homer. It is, however, a matter of disgeneous whole, or a series of ballads or geneous whole, or a series of ballads or Trojan War, united into a continuous Trojan W poem. It is said that Pisistratus, tyrant War, united into a continuous of Athens, first collected and arranged the "Iliad" and "Odyssey." The subject of the poem is the wrath of Achilles, and the consequent troubles thence arising. The action is confined to the 10th and last year of the siege of Troy. See HOMER.
ILICIN (I'lis-in), a bitter principle extracted from the leaves of the holly.
It has been recommended as a febrifuge, in doses of from 6 to 20 grains.