# Res Rustica 6.5.4

Columella, Res Rustica, Book 6, Chapter 5. Latin.

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Usus eius traditur talis. Aenea fibula pars auriculae latissima circumscribitur, ita ut manante sanguine tanquam O literae ductus appareat. Hoc et intrinsecus et ex superiore parte auriculae cum factum est, media pars descripti orbiculi eadem fibula transuitur, et facto foramini praedicta radicula inseritur; quam eum recens plaga comprehendit, ita continet, ut elabi non possit: in eam deinde auriculam omnis vis morbi pestilensque virus dicitur,donec pars, quae fibula circumscripta est, demortua excidit, et minimae partis iactura caput conservatur.

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