SECT. VIII.—ON ERYSIPELAS OF THE BRAIN.
Erysipelas occurs also in the brain, and the patient suffers in the following manner: he has pain of the whole head, and feels as if there were fire in it; his face is cold and somewhat pale, and his mouth dry. Wherefore, bleed such a patient, and more particularly abstract blood from the veins under the tongue, and apply cooling things, such as we use in other kinds of erysipelas.
Commentary. Aëtius, Oribasius, Avicenna, Haly Abbas, and Alsaharavius treat of this disease in much the same terms as our author. Haly says there is less heat of the face than in phlegmon, nay, that the face even feels cold. Alsaharavius describes it as being accompanied with violent pain, much inflammation, and blackness of the face. He approves of the depletory treatment in general.