With out-popping eyes,
Palpitation, and sighs.
With oppression, as though one did lace.”
He mentions eructations and sour belching as indicating frigidity of the stomach, and advises the drinking of very hot water before meals. Aside from this, he gives good counsel relative to all the advantages of a sober and peaceful life:
“If passion within you wax hot,
Pray don’t eat and drink like a sot.
Give wine no license;
From rich food abstinence;
And luxurious peace is your lot.”
The author then advises that the mouth and gums be well taken care of, that the teeth be neatly cleaned after each meal, and the entire buccal cavity be rinsed out with an infusion of bitter-sweet plants or leaves.