Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
bălănītes: ae, m., = βαλανίτης> (acornshaped),
I an unknown precious stone, Plin. 37, 10, 55, § 149; Isid. Orig. 16, 15, 10.