Medical Letters, Volume One (1558) - Page 7

INDEX

OF LETTERS.

Letter One is a Method for curing individual diseases, and for organizing all medical intentions in consultations. original: "collegiis"; likely referring to formal medical consultations between multiple physicians. page 2

Letter II. On the hour for taking purgative medicines, and the time for eating. page 9

Letter III. On protecting health and on prolonging old age. page 17

Letter IIII. On lunch and dinner. page 47

Letter V. On anatomical matters. page 52

Letter VI. On anatomical matters. page 55

Letter VII. A summary regarding fevers. page 60

Letter VIII. On the reasoning behind the early onset and the delay of paroxysms in fevers. original: "anticipationis, & postpositionis accessionum"; refers to whether a recurring fever starts earlier or later than its previous cycle. page 74

Letter IX. On the causes of periodicity in fevers. page 77

Letter X. That pestilential fever can exist without the putrefaction of the humorsThe four vital fluids (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile) believed in pre-modern medicine to control health and temperament.. page 85

Letter XI. On complicated fevers, involving hectic feverA persistent, wasting fever often associated with chronic disease like tuberculosis. and the descent of catarrh and ulceration of the lungs. page 86

Letter XII. On the comitial diseaseA historical term for epilepsy, so named because Roman assemblies (comitia) were suspended if a participant had a seizure., and on convulsion of the neck and a tumor on the forehead. page 87

Letter XIII. On paralysisoriginal: "paralesi"; a loss of motor function. or resolution. original: "resolutione"; a traditional medical term for the "loosening" or loss of power in the nerves. page 90

Letter XIIII. On medicines for the resolution of certain limbs. page 92

Letter XV. On resolution or paralysis. page 94

Letter XVI. On the wasting awayoriginal: "excarnatione"; literally 'reversal of flesh,' referring to extreme emaciation or atrophy. of the entire body. page 100

Letter XVII. On distillationA traditional term for "dripping" fluids or catarrh moving from the head to the body. from the head, and on a cough with purulent and bloody phlegm, with vertigo, scotomaDizziness or lightheadedness accompanied by darkened or spotted vision., pain and protrusion of the eyes, and loss of power in moving the legs. page 102

Letter XVIII. On a vertiginous condition and pain of the intestines. page 104

Letter XIX. On a painful condition in the right jaw. page 106

Letter XX. On an ill condition in the stomach with bloating. page 108

Letter XXI. On dropsyoriginal: "aqua intercutem"; literally 'water between the skin,' a condition of fluid swelling.. page 112

Letter XXII. On weakness of the stomach, with colicky pains, and ulceration of the kidneys and the neck of the bladder, with burning...