Medical Letters, Volume One

Light exercises. page 21
Exercise must not be abandoned by those who are insane. page 21

Various sausages made from pork, how they should be composed. page 27, on the back original: "a tergo"; referring to the verso or reverse side of the leaf.
Fevers in the elderly are buried and destructive. page 5 The term "buried" likely refers to fevers that do not manifest with high heat or obvious symptoms, making them particularly dangerous to older patients.
Knowledge and cure of all fevers. page 60 to 74. Letter 7.
Definition of fever. page 60
Differences between fevers, and how they occur. page 60, on the back
Humoral fevers without putrefaction Putrefaction was a central concept in Galenic medicine, referring to the "rotting" or corruption of the body's four humors (blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).. page 61
How many types of continual fevers. page 62
How many species of hectic fevers A "hectic" fever was considered a deep-seated fever that affected the solid parts of the body, often associated with wasting diseases.. page 62, on the back
Causes, signs, and cure of ephemeral fevers An ephemeral fever is a "one-day" fever, usually thought to be caused by external factors like exhaustion or heat rather than internal corruption.. page 63
An ephemeral fever of four days. page 63, on the back
Continual fevers without putrefaction: signs, causes, and cure. page 63, on the back
Treatment of fever of the blood. page 64, on the back
Differences of fevers from the putrefaction of bile. page 64, on the back
Signs and method of curing choleric Related to yellow bile. fevers, both continual and intermittent. page 65 to 67.
How the secondary symptoms original: "accidentia"; refers to complications or symptoms that accompany the primary disease. of fevers are treated. page 67, on the back
Signs and cure of quartan fevers A fever that recurs every 72 hours (every fourth day by the ancient method of inclusive counting), traditionally attributed to black bile.. page 68 and 69
Signs and cure of quotidian fevers A daily-recurring fever, traditionally attributed to an excess of phlegm.. page 69 and 70
Signs, cure, and prevention of the pestilential fever. page 70 on the back, and 71 and 72.
Certain pestilential fevers cause sweating. page 74, side a
Signs and cure of hectic fevers. page 71 to 73.
Signs and cure of compound fevers. page 63 to 74 and 83 on the back.
The reasoning and indication of the anticipation and postponement of fevers, Letter 8.
It declares the manifest causes of all fever attacks. Letter 9.
Pestilential fever without putrefaction of the humors, Letter 10.
Cure for putrid and hectic fever, with the descent of catarrh The "dripping" of excess humors from the head into the chest or other parts of the body. and consumption original: "phthisi"; a wasting disease of the lungs, today known as tuberculosis.. page 86 on the back to 88.
Tempered Dishes balanced according to the four qualities: hot, cold, moist, and dry. dishes are most restorative. page 37 on the back.