Food and Drink VII

Quince, © Dietrich Krieger, <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quitte_Cydonia_oblonga.jpg'target='_new'>Wikimedia Commons</a>

The author Pliny writes about herbs being used as medicine and inscriptions also mention herbal cures. Inscriptions in Cirencester, for example, mention 'Atticus' poppy ointment for all pains' and his 'quince ointment for soreness of eyes.'