The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 1 (of 3)
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THE SYDENHAM SOCIETY
INSTITUTED MDCCCXLIII
SYDENHAM
LONDON MDCCCXLIV.
THE SEVEN BOOKS OF PAULUS ÆGINETA.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK.
WITH A COMMENTARY EMBRACING A COMPLETE VIEW OF THE KNOWLEDGE POSSESSED BY THE GREEKS, ROMANS, AND ARABIANS ON ALL SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
BY FRANCIS ADAMS.
Aegineta Paulus
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PAULUS ÆGINETA.
BOOK FIRST.
SECT. I.—ON THE COMPLAINTS OF PREGNANT WOMEN, AND THEIR DIET.
SECT. II.—ON THE NURSE.
SECT. III.—ON THE MILK OF THE NURSE.
SECT. IV.—HOW TO CORRECT THE BAD QUALITIES OF MILK.
SECT. V.—ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INFANT.
SECT. VI.—ON THE ERUPTIONS WHICH HAPPEN TO CHILDREN.
SECT. VII.—ON THE COUGH AND DEFLUXION OF INFANTS.
SECT. VIII.—ON PRURITUS.
SECT. IX.—ON DENTITION.
SECT. X.—ON APHTHÆ.
SECT. XI.—ON EXCORIATIONS OF THE THIGHS.
SECT. XII.—ON WATERY DISCHARGES FROM THE EARS.
SECT. XIII.—ON SIRIASIS.
SECT. XIV.—THE REGIMEN OF INFANCY, AND OF THE SUCCEEDING AGES UNTIL MANHOOD.
SECT. XV.—ON THE PREPARATORY FRICTION.
SECT. XVI.—ON EXERCISES.
SECT. XVII.—ON THE KINDS OF EXERCISE.
SECT. XVIII.—ON THE KINDS OF FRICTION.
SECT. XIX.—ON VOCIFERATION, OR THE EXERCISE OF THE VOICE.
SECT. XX.—ON LASSITUDE FROM EXERCISES.
SECT. XXI.—ON CONSTRICTION OF THE SKIN.
SECT. XXII.—ON SPONTANEOUS LASSITUDE.
SECT. XXIII.—ON THE REGIMEN OF OLD PERSONS.
SECT. XXIV.—FOR A WRINKLED STATE OF THE BODY.
SECT. XXV.—TO MAKE THE PERSPIRATION FRAGRANT.
SECT. XXVI.—TO WARM THE HABIT.
SECT. XXVII.—FOR PALENESS.
SECT. XXVIII.—ON LIVIDITY.
SECT. XXIX.—PRESERVATIVES OF THE TEETH.
SECT. XXX.—FOR DULNESS OF HEARING.
SECT. XXXI.—ON DIMNESS OF SIGHT.
SECT. XXXII.—ON REPLETION.
SECT. XXXIII.—ON INTOXICATION.
SECT. XXXIV.—ON WRONG DIGESTION OF THE FOOD.
SECT. XXXV.—ON VENERY.
SECT. XXXVI.—ON IMPOTENCE.
SECT. XXXVII.—ON INORDINATE VENERY.
SECT. XXXVIII.—ON REDUNDANCE OF SEMEN.
SECT. XXXIX.—ON PERSONS INJURED BY COLD.
SECT. XL.—FOR PERSONS SCORCHED BY THE SUN.
SECT. XLI.—ON COLLECTIONS OF PHLEGM IN THE STOMACH.
SECT. XLII.—HOW TO PRODUCE EASY VOMITING.
SECT. XLIII.—ON LAXATIVES AND DIURETICS TO THOSE IN HEALTH.
SECT. XLIV.—ON CLYSTERS.
SECT. XLV.—ON SUPPOSITORIES.
SECT. XLVI.—ON MEDICINES WHICH EVACUATE PHLEGM FROM THE HEAD, MASTICATORIES, ERRHINES AND LINIMENTS TO THE NOSE.
SECT. XLVII.—ON EMMENAGOGUES.
SECT. XLVIII.—ON SUDORIFICS.
SECT. XLIX.—ON AIRS.
SECT. L.—ON WATERS.
SECT. LI.—ON BATHS.
SECT. LII.—ON THE NATURAL BATHS.
SECT. LIII.—ON THE REGIMEN FITTING TO THE DIFFERENT SEASONS.
SECT. LIV.—OF THE REGIMEN OF PERSONS ACTIVELY EMPLOYED.
SECT. LV.—ON THE REGIMEN OF TRAVELLERS.
SECT. LVI.—OF THE REGIMEN OF PERSONS ON BOARD SHIP.
SECT. LVII.—ON THE MEANS OF DIMINISHING OBESITY.
SECT. LVIII.—HOW TO RECRUIT THOSE WHO ARE EMACIATED.
SECT. LIX.—HOW TO REMEDY EMACIATED PARTS OF THE BODY.
SECT. LX.—THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE BEST TEMPERAMENT.
SECT. LXI.—DIAGNOSIS OF THE TEMPERAMENTS.
SECT. LXII.—ON THE FORM OF THE HEAD.
SECT. LXIII.—THE MARKS OF THE TEMPERAMENT OF THE BRAIN.
SECT. LXIV.—THE MARKS OF THE TEMPERAMENTS OF THE STOMACH.
SECT. LXV.—DIAGNOSIS OF THE TEMPERAMENTS OF THE LUNGS.
SECT. LXVI.—THE MARKS OF THE TEMPERAMENTS OF THE HEART.
SECT. LXVII.—DIAGNOSIS OF THE TEMPERAMENTS OF THE LIVER.
SECT. LXVIII.—DIAGNOSIS OF THE TEMPERAMENTS OF THE TESTICLES.
SECT. LXIX.—ON THE PARTS THAT ARE OMITTED.
SECT. LXX.—THE CORRECTION OF HOT INTEMPERAMENTS OF THE BODY.
SECT. LXXI.—THE CORRECTION OF THE COLD INTEMPERAMENTS OF THE BODY.
SECT. LXXII.—THE CURE OF THE DRY INTEMPERAMENTS, OF THE STOMACH FOR EXAMPLE; THEN OF THE OTHER INTEMPERAMENTS.
SECT. LXXIII.—ON THE POWERS OF THE ARTICLES OF FOOD.
SECT. LXXIV.—ON POT-HERBS.
SECT. LXXV.—ON ASPARAGI OR YOUNG SHOOTS.
SECT. LXXVI.—ON HERBS HAVING ESCULENT ROOTS.
SECT. LXXVII.—ON TRUFFLES AND MUSHROOMS.
SECT. LXXVIII.—ON THE FRUMENTACEOUS ARTICLES OF FOOD.
SECT. LXXIX.—ON PULSE.
SECT. LXXX.—ON THE SUMMER FRUITS.
SECT. LXXXI.—ON THE FRUIT OF TREES.
SECT. LXXXII.—ON ANIMALS; AND, FIRST, OF FOWLS.
SECT. LXXXIII.—ON EGGS.
SECT. LXXXIV.—ON BEASTS.
SECT. LXXXV.—ON THE PARTS OF ANIMALS.
SECT. LXXXVI.—ON MILK.
SECT. LXXXVII.—ON THE DRINKING OF MILK.
SECT. LXXXVIII.—ON CURDS AND WHEY.
SECT. LXXXIX.—ON CHEESE.
SECT. XC.—ON FISHES.
SECT. XCI.—ON THE TESTACEA, OR SHELL-FISH.
SECT. XCII.—ON THE MOLLUSCA.
SECT. XCIII.—ON THE CARTILAGINOUS FISHES.
SECT. XCIV.—ON THE CETACEA, OR LARGE FISHES.
SECT. XCV.—ON THE PROPERTIES OF WINE.
SECT. XCVI.—ON HONEY AND HYDROMEL OR HONIED WATER.
SECT. XCVII.—ON SLEEP.
SECT. XCVIII.—ON WATCHFULNESS.
SECT. XCIX.—ON SOMNOLENCY.
SECT. C.—THE EPISTLE OF DIOCLES ON THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH.—DIOCLES TO KING ANTIGONUS.
BOOK SECOND.
SECT. I.—ON FEVERS, FROM THE WORKS OF GALEN AND SEVERAL OTHERS.
SECT. II.—OF THE PRINCIPAL CONSIDERATIONS TO BE INQUIRED INTO WITH REGARD TO FEBRILE AFFECTIONS.
SECT. III.—FROM GALEN, WHAT TO CALL THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE DISEASE.
SECT. IV.—HOW TO KNOW WHETHER THE DISEASE WILL PROVE FATAL OR NOT.
SECT. V.—HOW TO KNOW IF THE DISEASE WILL BE OF LONG DURATION.
SECT. VI.—HOW TO KNOW IF THE DISEASE WILL TERMINATE BY A CRISIS, OR BY RESOLUTION.
SECT. VII.—ON CRITICAL DAYS.
SECT. VIII.—THAT CRITICAL SYMPTOMS APPEARING IN THE COMMENCEMENT ARE UNFAVORABLE.
SECT. IX.—HOW TO JUDGE BEFOREHAND OF A FUTURE CRISIS.
SECT. X.—HOW TO RECOGNIZE A PRESENT CRISIS.
SECT. XI.—HOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PAST CRISIS BE FAVORABLE.
SECT. XII.—ON THE PULSE, FROM THE WORKS OF GALEN.
SECT. XIII.—ON THE ALVINE DISCHARGES.
SECT. XIV.—ON THE INDICATIONS FROM THE URINE.
SECT. XV.—ON THE INDICATIONS FROM THE SPUTA.
SECT. XVI.—THE DIAGNOSIS AND CURE OF EPHEMERAL FEVERS.
SECT. XVII.—ON DIAGNOSIS OF FEVERS FROM PUTREFACTION.
SECT. XVIII.—THE CURE OF PUTRID FEVERS.
SECT. XIX.—THE DIAGNOSIS OF TERTIAN FEVERS.
SECT. XX.—ON THE CURE OF TERTIAN FEVER.
SECT. XXI.—THE CURE OF SPURIOUS TERTIANS.
SECT. XXII.—THE DIAGNOSIS OF QUARTANS.
SECT. XXIII.—THE CURE OF QUARTANS.
SECT. XXIV.—THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE QUOTIDIAN.
SECT. XXV.—THE CURE OF QUOTIDIANS.
SECT. XXVI.—ON THE FEVER HEPIALUS, AND THE RIGOR WITHOUT HEAT.
SECT. XXVII.—ON THE CONTINUAL FEVERS.
SECT. XXVIII.—THE DIAGNOSIS AND CURE OF SYNOCHOUS FEVERS.
SECT. XXIX.—ON THE DIAGNOSIS OF ARDENT FEVERS.
SECT. XXX.—THE CURE OF ARDENT FEVERS.
SECT. XXXI.—DIAGNOSIS AND CURE OF FEVERS WITH AN ERYSIPELATOUS AFFECTION.
SECT. XXXII.—DIAGNOSIS OF HECTIC FEVERS.
SECT. XXXIII.—THE CURE OF HECTIC FEVERS.
SECT. XXXIV.—ON SEMI-TERTIANS.
SECT. XXXV.—ON EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
SECT. XXXVI.—ON THE PLAGUE, FROM THE WORKS OF RUFFUS.
SECT. XXXVII.—ON THE TREATMENT OF THOSE WHO ARE SEIZED WITH SYNCOPE FROM CRUDE HUMOURS.
SECT. XXXVIII.—OF THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN INTO SYNCOPE FROM THIN HUMOURS.
SECT. XXXIX.—ON THE OTHER CAUSES WHICH OCCASION SYNCOPE.
SECT. XL.—ON PAIN.
SECT. XLI.—ON COLLIQUATIVE DIARRHŒA OR MELTING.
SECT. XLII.—ON WATCHFULNESS IN FEVERS.
SECT. XLIII.—THE CURE OF CATAPHORA OR SOMNOLENCY.
SECT. XLIV.—THE CURE OF HEADACH IN FEVERS.
SECT. XLV.—ON THE CURE OF STOMACH AFFECTIONS.
SECT. XLVI.—ON INORDINATE CHILLS AND RIGORS IN FEVERS.
SECT. XLVII.—ON SWEATS.
SECT. XLVIII.—ON COUGH IN FEVERS.
SECT. XLIX.—ON SNEEZING.
SECT. L.—ON LOSS OF APPETITE.
SECT. LI.—ON BULIMOS OR INORDINATE HUNGER.
SECT. LII.—ON THE CANINE APPETITE.
SECT. LIII.—ON THIRST.
SECT. LIV.—ON THE ROUGHNESS OF THE TONGUE.
SECT. LV.—ON NAUSEA.
SECT. LVI.—ON VOMITING OF BILE.
SECT. LVII.—ON HICCOUGH.
SECT. LVIII.—ON CONSTIPATION AND LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS IN FEVERS.
SECT. LIX.—ON TRICKLING OF BLOOD AND HEMORRHAGE FROM THE NOSE.
SECT. LX.—ON DELIQUIUM ANIMI OR SWOONING.
SECT. LXI.—ON THE TREATMENT OF ULCERATION UPON THE OS SACRUM.
BOOK THIRD.
SECT. I.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE HAIR, ALOPECIA, OPHIASIS, AND BALDNESS.
SECT. II.—FOR MAKING THE HAIR CURLED, AND FOR DYEING IT. FROM CLEOPATRA.
SECT. III.—ON PITYRIASIS.
SECT. IV.—ON HEADACH.
SECT. V.—ON CEPHALÆA AND HEMICRANIA.
SECT. VI.—ON PHRENITIS.
SECT. VII.—ON PHLEGMON OF THE BRAIN.
SECT. VIII.—ON ERYSIPELAS OF THE BRAIN.
SECT. IX.—ON LETHARGY.
SECT. X.—ON CATOCHUS, OR COMA VIGIL.
SECT. XI.—ON THE LOSS OF MEMORY AND OF REASON; ON CARUS AND FATUITY.
SECT. XII.—ON VERTIGO.
SECT. XIII.—ON EPILEPSY.
SECT. XIV.—ON MELANCHOLY, MANIA, AND DEMONIACS.
SECT. XV.—ON INCUBUS, OR NIGHTMARE.
SECT. XVI.—ON LYCAON, OR LYCANTHROPIA.
SECT. XVII.—ON LOVE-SICK PERSONS.
SECT. XVIII.—ON APOPLEXY, AND HEMIPLEGIA OR PARALYSIS.
SECT. XIX.—ON CONVULSIONS, OR SPASMS.
SECT. XX.—ON TETANUS AND ITS VARIETIES.
SECT. XXI.—ON TREMBLINGS.
SECT. XXII.—ON DISEASES OF THE EYE; AND FIRST OF PAIN, FROM GALEN.
SECT. XXIII.—OF DISEASES OF THE EAR; AND, FIRST, CONCERNING PAIN OF IT.
SECT. XXIV.—ON THE AFFECTIONS OF THE NOSE, AND OF THE SENSE OF SMELL.
SECT. XXV.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE FACE.
SECT. XXVI.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE MOUTH; AND, FIRST, OF THE TEETH.
SECT. XXVII.—ON ANGINA, OR QUINSEY, AND THE COMPLAINTS ALLIED TO IT; IN WHICH THE SUBJECT OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN STRANGLED OR OTHERWISE SUFFOCATED IS TREATED OF.
SECT. XXVIII.—ON CORYZA, CATARRH, AFFECTIONS OF THE TRACHEA, AND COUGH.
SECT. XXIX.—ORTHOPNŒA, ASTHMA, AND DYSPNŒA.
SECT. XXX.—ON PERIPNEUMONIA.
SECT. XXXI.—ON SPITTING OF BLOOD.
SECT. XXXII.—ON EMPYEMA AND PHTHISIS.
SECT. XXXIII.—ON PLEURISY.
SECT. XXXIV.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART.
SECT. XXXV.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE BREASTS.
SECT. XXXVI.—FOR FETID SMELL AND SWEATING AT THE ARMPITS.
SECT. XXXVII.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE STOMACH, OF THE HYPOCHONDRIA, AND OF THE BELLY.
SECT. XXXVIII.—ON INFLATION OF THE STOMACH.
SECT. XXXIX.—ON CHOLERA.
SECT. XL.—ON LIENTERY AND CÆLIAC AFFECTION.
SECT. XLI.—ON TENESMUS.
SECT. XLII.—ON DYSENTERY.
SECT. XLIII.—ON COLIC AFFECTION.
SECT. XLIV.—ON ILEUS.
SECT. XLV.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS AND BLADDER; AND, FIRST, ON CALCULUS.
SECT. XLVI.—ON THE AFFECTIONS OF THE LIVER.
SECT. XLVII.—ON CACHEXIA.
SECT. XLVIII.—ON DROPSY.
SECT. XLIX.—ON THE SPLEEN.
SECT. L.—ON JAUNDICE.
SECT. LI.—ON PROLAPSUS OF THE NAVEL.
SECT. LII.—HOW TO MAKE THE CHIN AND PUBES CONTINUE LONG FREE OF HAIRS; ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE GENITAL ORGANS; AND, AMONG OTHER THINGS, OF DEPILATORIES.
SECT. LIII.—ON BUBONOCELE, ENTEROCELE, AND HYDROCELE.
SECT. LIV.—ON INFLAMMATION OF THE TESTICLE AND SCROTUM, AND ON THE OTHER DISEASES OF THESE PARTS.
SECT. LV.—ON GONORRHŒA AND LIBIDINOUS DREAMS.
SECT. LVI.—ON SATYRIASIS.
SECT. LVII.—ON PRIAPISM.
SECT. LVIII.—ON IMPOTENCE OF THE PARTS.
SECT. LIX.—ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE GENITAL ORGANS AND ANUS.
SECT. LX.—ON AFFECTIONS OF THE UTERUS; AND, FIRST, OF THE MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE.
SECT. LXI.—ON RETENTION OF THE MENSES.
SECT. LXII.—ON IMMODERATE MENSTRUATION AND UTERINE HEMORRHAGE.
SECT. LXIII.—ON THE FEMALE FLUX.
SECT. LXIV.—ON INFLAMMATION OF THE UTERUS, AND CHANGE OF ITS POSITION.
SECT. LXV.—ON ABSCESS OF THE UTERUS.
SECT. LXVI.—ON ULCERATION OF THE WOMB.
SECT. LXVII.—ON CANCER.
SECT. LXVIII.—ON SCIRRHUS AND SCLEROMA.
SECT. LXIX.—ON THE MOLE.
SECT. LXX.—ON INFLATION OF THE UTERUS.
SECT. LXXI.—ON UTERINE SUFFOCATION, OR THE HYSTERICAL CONVULSION.
SECT. LXXII.—ON PROLAPSUS UTERI.
SECT. LXXIII.—ON PHIMUS IN THE UTERUS.
SECT. LXXIV.—THE CURE OF STERILITY.
SECT. LXXV.—ON FISSURES, CONDYLOMATA, AND HEMORRHOIDS OF THE UTERUS.
SECT. LXXVI.—ON DIFFICULT LABOUR.
SECT. LXXVII.—ON ISCHIATIC DISEASE.
SECT. LXXVIII.—ON GOUT AND ARTHRITIS.
SECT. LXXIX.—ON CHILBLAINS AND AFFECTIONS OF THE FEET AND HEELS.
SECT. LXXX.—FOR CORNS AND CALLOUS FLESH.
SECT. LXXXI.—ON COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE NAILS; AND, FIRST, OF WHITLOW.
