Chap. I Medicines for Stopping Blood
A bleeding is stopped by copperas, which the Greeks call chalcanthusDG, chalcitis1, acacia, lycium with water, frankincense, aloes, gum2, calcined lead3, leeks, blood herb, either Cimolian, or potter’s chalk, misy4, cold water, wine, vinegar, allum5, melinum6, scales both of iron7 and copper; and of this last there are two species, the one of common copper, the other of red copper.