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22 FIRST PERIOD—ANTIQUITY

The other two remedies, very likely intended for the cure of dental
fistulae, were to be used as masticatories. The first consists of:
'Fennel seeds Part
Dough
Anest-plant .
Honey .
Incense .
Water

The other was still more complicated and thus compounded:
"Dam-plant Part
Anest-plant
Incense
Amaa-plant
Man-plant
Saffron
Aloe wood
Annek-plant
Cyperus
Onion
Water

At page 89 of the papyrus^ we find two other remedies, having the
same object, that is, "to cure the bennut blisters in the teeth and to
strengthen the flesh."

The first is compounded in this way:

"Cow's milk Part i
"
Fresh dates i
"
Uah corn I
To be left stand and then to be masticated nine times."
This IS the second receipt:

"Anest-plant Part
Dough
Green lead
Sebests^
Cake
Dam-plant
Fennel seeds
Olive oil
Water
T o i)e used like the preceding one."

' See the German translation by Joachim, page 162.
* A fruit resembling cherries.