 Galen, writing in the second century, eulogized Garlic as the "rustic's theriac" (cure-all) (see F. Adams' "Paulus Aegineta", p. 99).Avicenna, in "The Canon of Medicine" (1025), recommends garlic for the treatment of a wide variety of ailments including arthritis, snake and insect bites, parasites, chronic cough, and as antibiotic for infectious diseases.Alexander Neckam, a writer of the 12th century (see Wright's edition of his works, p. 473, 1863), discussed it as a palliative for the heat of the sun in field labor.