BLATTA BYZANTIA
\blˈatə bɪzˈanʃə], \blˈatə bɪzˈanʃə], \b_l_ˈa_t_ə b_ɪ_z_ˈa_n_ʃ_ə]\
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This name seems, formerly, to have been given to a marine production from some of the Conchylia. It had an agreeable smell, a reddish tint, and the shape of a nail. It was prescribed in epilepsy, hysteria, and hepatic obstructions. Rondolet affirms, that it was the production of the shell-fish murex or purpura; and that the name Blatta is derived from the Greek 'purple.'
By Robley Dunglison
