erusipelas “red-skin”, a condition involving rough red skin, often described or pre-
scribed for, and perhaps sometimes the same as the modern erysipelas, an acute strepto-
coccal skin infection, with inflammation, and usually involving subcutaneous fat. Gale ̄n
Diff. Dis. 5.2 (6.849 K.); G MM 14.1 (10.946–949 K.); -G, D.
M. 383 (19.441 K.); Johnston 2006: 54–55.
See also: A P, A (M.), -D (A.),
D L.
euphorbia plant discovered by I and named for E-
, the Mediterranean bush, Euphorbia resinifera Berg.,
whose resin was commonly used in medicine: D-
, MM 3.82.1; P 5.16, 25.77–79; G, Simples
6.5.24 (11.879 K.); BNP 5 (2004) 181, C. Hünemörder.
See also: A, A, A M, A
S, D (P.), D N,
E, H S, I A,
I S, L, L, M (
A?), P A, P
T, P , S (M.),
T, Z (M.).
galbanum (Grk. khalbane ̄) Indian Kasnib-resin, probably
Ferula galbaniflua Boiss. and Buhse: T, HP
9.7.2, 9.9.2; D, MM 3.83; P 12.107;
G, Simples 8.22.1 (12.153 K.); Usher 1974: 253; André
1985: 116; Durling 1993: 335; Evans 1996: 503; Langen-
heim 2003: 415.
See also: A, A, A K,
A “-,” A, A C, A,
A, A, D, E, E, E,
E, Ha, H (P.), H, H, I (
A?), K, K (P.), K, L,
L, L, M, M A, M, M-
, M, N, N (P.), P, P,
P, S C.
Garden E’ school in Athens: see Epicurean.
genethlialogy the composition and interpretation of birth horoscopes; contrast
katarkhic astrology.
A A, B A, S, V,
W.
glanders a highly contagious and often fatal bacterial infection of the lungs and upper
respiratory tract of horses and other equids (capable of infecting humans and other
animals as well).
A H, A, C, L, N, P.
glaukion latex or “juice” of a species of horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz), often
used as a purgative, light sedative, or adulterant to the latex of the opium poppy:
D, MM 3.86, 4.65.5; G, Simples 6.3.5 (11.857 K.); Usher 1974: 275;
André 1985: 111; Durling 1993: 103; Scarborough (1995).
Euphorbia, Mount Athos
Ω 75, f.48R
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