Homœopathy

Profecit poto Mithridates saepe veneno, toxica ne possent saeva nocere sibi. Tu quoque cavisti cenando tam male semper, ne posses umquam, Cinna, perire fame. Drug-proof old Mithridates grew By frequent poisonous potation. So with spare diet, Cinna, you Ensure yourself against starvation. Mitridate il velen bevendo spesso preservava dal tossico sè stesso. Tu pur, Cinna, il digiun sì spesso osservi, che dal morir di fame ti preservi.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 5, LXXVI
English translation by W. T. Webb
Italian translation by Paolo Magenta

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