In the [Second] is explained the whole doctrine of Fevers, an account of certain matters relating to them being premised, such as excrementitious discharges, critical days, and other appearances, and concluding with certain symptoms which are the concomitants of fever.

The [Third Book] relates to Topical affections, beginning from the crown of the head and descending down to the nails of the feet.

The [Fourth Book] treats of those complaints which are external and exposed to view, and are not limited to one part of the body but affect various parts. Also, of Intestinal Worms and Dracunculi.

The [Fifth] treats of the Wounds and Bites of Venomous Animals; also of the distemper called Hydrophobia, and of persons bitten by dogs which are mad, and by those which are not mad; and also of persons bitten by men. Afterwards it treats of deleterious substances, and the preservatives from them.

In the [Sixth Book] is contained everything relating to Surgery, both what relates to the fleshy parts, such as the extraction of weapons; and to the bones, which comprehends Fractures and Dislocations.

In the [Seventh] is contained an account of the Properties of all Medicines, first of the Simple, then of the Compound; particularly of those which I had mentioned in the preceding Six Books, and more especially the greater and, as it were, celebrated preparations. For I did not think it proper to treat of all these articles promiscuously, lest it should occasion confusion, but so that any person looking for one or more of the distinguished preparations might easily find it. Towards the end are certain things connected with the Composition of Medicines, and of those articles which may be substituted for one another: the whole concluding with an account of Weights and Measures.

CONTENTS
OF
THE FIRST VOLUME.

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Translator’s Preface[ix]
Author’s Preface[xvii]
[FIRST BOOK.]
SECT.
1.On the Complaints of Pregnant Women, and their Diet[1]
2.On the Nurse[5]
3.On the Milk of the Nurse[6]
4.How to correct the bad qualities of Milk[7]
5.On the Management of the Infant[8]
6.On the Eruptions of Children[10]
7.On the Cough and Defluxion of Infants[11]
8.On Pruritus[12]
9.On Dentition[13]
10.On Aphthæ[14]
11.On Excoriations of the Thighs[16]
12.On Discharges from the Ears[ib.]
13.On Siriasis[ib.]
14.The Regimen of Infancy, and of the succeeding ages, until manhood[18]
15.On the Preparatory Friction[19]
16.On Exercises[20]
17.On the kinds of Exercise[22]
18.On the kinds of Friction[28]
19.On Vociferation, or the exercise of the voice[29]
20.On Lassitude from Exercises[30]
21.On Constriction of the Skin[33]
22.On Spontaneous Lassitude[ib.]
23.On the Regimen of old persons[36]
24.For a wrinkled state of the Body[37]
25.To make the Perspiration fragrant[38]
26.To warm the habit[ib.]
27.For Paleness[39]
28.On Lividity[ib.]
29.Preservatives of the Teeth[ib.]
30.For Dulness of Hearing[40]
31.On Dimness of Sight[ib.]
32.On Repletion[41]
33.On Intoxication[43]
34.On wrong Digestion of the Food[44]
35.On Venery[ib.]
36.On Impotence[46]
37.On Inordinate Venery[47]
38.On Redundance of Semen[48]
39.On persons injured by Cold[49]
40.For persons scorched by the Sun[51]
41.On collections of Phlegm in the Stomach[ib.]
42.How to produce easy Vomiting[52]
43.On Laxatives and Diuretics to those in Health[54]
44.On Clysters[57]
45.On Suppositories[58]
46.On Medicines which evacuate Phlegm from the Head—Masticatories, Errhines, and Liniments to the Nose[59]
47.On Emmenagogues[60]
48.On Sudorifics[61]
49.On Airs[63]
50.On Waters[64]
51.On Baths[67]
52.On the Natural Baths[71]
53.On the Regimen fitting to the different Seasons[73]
54.On the Regimen of Persons actively employed[75]
55.On the Regimen of Travellers[76]
56.On the Regimen of Persons on board Ship[79]
57.On the means of diminishing Obesity[80]
58.How to recruit those who are emaciated[82]
59.How to remedy emaciated parts of the Body[84]
60.Diagnosis of the best Temperament[ib.]
61.Diagnosis of the Intemperaments of the Body[85]
62.On the Form of the Head[87]
63.The marks of the Temperaments of the Brain[87]
64.The marks of the Temperaments of the Stomach[90]
65.Diagnosis of the Temperaments of the Lungs[93]
66.The marks of the Temperaments of the Heart[94]
67.On the Temperaments of the Liver[98]
68.Diagnosis of the Temperaments of the Testicles[100]
69.On the parts that are omitted[101]
70.The Correction of Hot Intemperaments of the Body[ib.]
71.The Correction of the Cold Intemperaments of the Body[102]
72.The Cure of the Dry Intemperaments, of the Stomach for example; then of the other Intemperaments[103]
73.On the Powers of the Articles of Food[106]
74.On Pot-herbs[110]
75.On Asparagi, or young Shoots[115]
76.On things having esculent Roots[116]
77.On Truffles and Mushrooms[119]
78.On the frumentaceous articles of Food[120]
79.On Pulse[124]
80.On the Summer Fruits[127]
81.On the Fruit of Trees[129]
82.On Animals; and, first, of Fowls[138]
83.On Eggs[143]
84.On Beasts[145]
85.On the parts of Animals[149]
86.On Milk[151]
87.On the Drinking of Milk[154]
88.Curds and Whey[155]
89.On Cheese[156]
90.On Fishes[157]
91.On the Testacea, or Shellfish[166]
92.On the Mollusca[169]
93.On the Cartilaginous Fishes[ib.]
94.On the Cetacea or large Fishes[170]
95.On the Properties of Wine[172]
96.On Honey, and Hydromel or Honied Water[178]
97.On Sleep[180]
98.On Watchfulness[181]
99.On Somnolency[183]
100.The Epistle of Diocles on the Preservation of Health—Diocles to King Antigonus[ib.]
[SECOND BOOK.]
1.On Fevers, from the works of Galen and several others[187]
2.Of the principal considerations to be inquired into with regard to febrile affections[188]
3.From Galen, what to call the commencement of the Disease[189]
4.How to know whether the Disease will prove fatal or not[ib.]
5.How to know if the Disease will be of long duration[193]
6.How to know if the Disease will terminate by a Crisis or by Resolution[194]
7.On Critical Days[ib.]
8.That Critical Symptoms appearing at the commencement are unfavorable[198]
9.How to judge beforehand of a future Crisis[ib.]
10.How to recognize a present Crisis[199]
11.How to determine whether a past Crisis be favorable[201]
12.On the Pulse, from the works of Galen[202]
13.On the Alvine Discharges[222]
14.On the Indications from the Urine[224]
15.On the Indications from the Sputa[228]
16.The Diagnosis and Cure of Ephemeral Fevers[229]
17.Diagnosis of Fevers from Putrefaction[235]
18.The Cure of Putrid Fevers[237]
19.The Diagnosis of Tertian Fevers[239]
20.The Cure of Tertian Fevers[241]
21.The Cure of Spurious Tertians[243]
22.The Diagnosis of Quartans[245]
23.The Cure of Quartans[246]
24.The Diagnosis of the Quotidian[249]
25.The Cure of Quotidians[250]
26.On the Fever Hepialus, and the Rigor without Heat[251]
27.On the Continual Fevers[253]
28.The Diagnosis and Cure of Synochous Fevers[256]
29.On the Diagnosis of Ardent Fevers[260]
30.The Cure of Ardent Fevers[262]
31.Diagnosis and Cure of Fevers connected with an Erysipelatous affection[264]
32.Diagnosis of Hectic Fevers[266]
33.The Cure of Hectic Fevers[268]
34.On Semi-tertians[271]
35.On Epidemic Diseases[273]
36.On the Plague, from the works of Ruffus[277]
37.On the Treatment of those who are seized with Syncope from crude humours[288]
38.Of those who have fallen into Syncope from thin humours[291]
39.On the other Causes which occasion Syncope[292]
40.On Pain[296]
41.On colliquative Diarrhœa, or Melting[297]
42.On Watchfulness in Fevers[299]
43.The Cure of Cataphora, or Somnolency[301]
44.The Cure of Headach in Fevers[ib.]
45.On the Cure of Stomach affections[303]
46.On inordinate Chills and Rigors in Fevers[305]
47.On Sweats[306]
48.On Cough in Fevers[309]
49.On Sneezing[310]
50.On Loss of Appetite[311]
51.On Bulimos, or inordinate Appetite[313]
52.On the canine Appetite[314]
53.On Thirst[316]
54.On Roughness of the Tongue[318]
55.On Nausea[319]
56.On Vomiting of Bile[320]
57.On Hiccough[321]
58.On Constipation and Looseness of the Bowels in Fevers[323]
59.On trickling of blood and Hemorrhage from the Nose[325]
60.On deliquium animi or Swooning[327]
61.On the treatment of Ulceration upon the Os Sacrum[329]
Appendix to the Commentary on Book Second: On Smallpox and Measles[330]
[THIRD BOOK.]
1.On affections of the Hair, Alopecia, Ophiasis, and Baldness[337]
2.For making the Hair curled, and for dyeing it[342]
3.On Pityriasis[345]
4.On Headach[350]
5.On Cephalæa and Hemicrania[355]
6.On Phrenitis[359]
7.On Phlegmon of the Brain[365]
8.On Erysipelas of the Brain[ib.]
9.On Lethargy[366]
10.On Catochus, or Coma Vigil[369]
11.On the Loss of Memory and of Reason; on Carus and Fatuity[372]
12.On Vertigo[374]
13.On Epilepsy[376]
14.On Melancholia, Mania, and Demoniacs[383]
15.On Incubus, or Nightmare[388]
16.On Lycaon, or Lycanthropia[389]
17.On Love-sick Persons[391]
18.On Apoplexy and Hemiplegia, or Paralysis[392]
19.On Convulsions, or Spasms[401]
20.On Tetanus and its varieties[403]
21.On Tremblings[407]
22.On Diseases of the Eye[409]
23.On Diseases of the Ear[437]
24.On Affections of the Nose, and of the Sense of Smell[446]
25.On Affections of the Face[452]
26.On Affections of the Mouth[454]
27.On Angina, or Quinsey, and Complaints allied to it, in which the subject of those who have been strangled, or otherwise suffocated, is treated of[464]
28.On Coryza, Catarrh, Affections of the Trachea, and Cough[469]
29.On Orthopnœa, Asthma, and Dyspnœa[475]
30.On Peripneumonia[480]
31.On Spitting of Blood[483]
32.On Empyema and Phthisis[491]
33.On Pleurisy[496]
34.On Affections of the Heart[501]
35.On Affections of the Breasts[504]
36.Fetid Smell and Sweating at the Armpits[506]
37.On Affections of the Stomach, of the Hypochondria, and of the Belly[507]
38.On Inflation of the Stomach[514]
39.On Cholera[515]
40.On Lientery and Cæliac Affection[520]
41.On Tenesmus[523]
42.On Dysentery[525]
43.On Colic Affection[531]
44.On Ileus[538]
45.On Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder[541]
46.On Affections of the Liver[560]
47.On Cachexia[568]
48.On Dropsy[569]
49.On the Spleen[577]
50.On Jaundice[580]
51.On Prolapsus of the Navel[587]
52.How to make the Chin and Pubes continue long free of Hairs; on the Preservation of the Genital Organs; and among other things Depilatories[588]
53.On Bubonocele, Enterocele, and Hydrocele[589]
54.On Inflammation of the Testicle and Scrotum, and on the other diseases of these parts[591]
55.On Gonorrhœa and Libidinous Dreams[593]
56.On Satyriasis[596]
57.On Priapism[597]
58.On Impotence of the parts[599]
59.On matters relating to the Genital Organs and Anus[600]
60.On Affections of the Uterus; and, first, of the Menstrual Discharge[608]
61.On Retention of the Menses[609]
62.On Immoderate Menstruation and Uterine Hemorrhage[615]
63.On the Female Flux[617]
64.On Inflammation of the Uterus and Change of its Position[620]
65.On Abscess of the Uterus[623]
66.On Ulceration of the Womb[624]
67.On Cancer[627]
68.On Scirrhus and Scleroma[629]
69.On the Mole[630]
70.On Inflation of the Uterus[632]
71.On Uterine Suffocation, or the Hysterical Convulsion[633]
72.On Prolapsus Uteri[638]
73.On Phimus in the Uterus[640]
74.The Cure of Sterility[641]
75.On Fissures, Condylomata, and Hemorrhoids of the Uterus[645]
76.On Difficult Labour[646]
77.On Ischiatic Disease[652]
78.On Gout and Arthritis[657]
79.On Chilblains, and Affections of the Feet and Hands[676]
80.For Corns and Callus[678]
81.On Complaints about the Nails[679]