[211] Lib. ii, cap. xxix, pp. 181 to 183.
[212] This great Mahommedan surgeon was, it seems, very religious. His book begins with the words: “In the name of the merciful God, Lord perfect in goodness,” and almost every chapter ends with “If God so wills,” and the like.
[213] These two manuscript codices are found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
[214] Lib. ii, cap. xxx, p. 185.
[215] The Arabic word used by the author means more precisely “those who apply cupping glasses.” Channing has translated it by tonsores, barbers.
[216] An advice already given by Celsus.
[217] Lib. ii, cap. xxxi, p. 191.
[218] Silly barbers.
[219] Lib. ii, cap. xxxi, p. 187.
[220] Lib. ii, cap. xxxii, p. 193.