INDEX

The quality of dishes, their harms, and their preparations. page 17
The varieties of dishes. page 37
Seasonal fruits original: "fructus orarii"; likely referring to fresh summer fruits that spoil quickly. provide little nourishment. page 38, on the back original: "a tergo"; referring to the verso or reverse side of the page.
The preparation of seasonal fruits in dishes. page 38
The virtues of fruits that grow on trees, and the proper way to eat them. page 43

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Galen dissected human bodies. page 62, on the back
Galen wrote on anatomy not only from the dissection of animals original: "brutorum"; referring to irrational beasts. but from the dissection of human limbs. page 53
The French disease Syphilis.: how it was cured by nature. Letter 27.
The example used by both ancient and modern writers concerning the generation of humors from must Unfermented grape juice; often used as a metaphor for how blood "ferments" in the body. does not work well. page 80

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Which Livers original: "haepatum"; plural of hepar. are better. page 30, on the back
Dropsy Edema, or the accumulation of excess fluid in the body. is cured, and by what aids. Letter 22.
The hour and time for eating after purgative medicines, and the hour for taking medicines. page 9, on the back, throughout the whole of Letter 2.
Poor men and their families were for the most part affected by the diseases spreading in Venice. page 174, section b.
Man’s animal functions In the medical theory of the time, "animal" (from anima) referred to the functions governed by the brain, such as movement and the five senses. are better than in any other animal. page 56
Man has a greater quantity of blood than all other animals in proportion to his body, and the reasons for this. page 56, on the back, throughout the whole of Letter 6.
To man alone nature provided none of those things needed for life and protection Such as fur, claws, or horns., but instead gave him a rational soul and hands, the "instrument of instruments" original: "organa organorum"; a traditional philosophical description of the hand's versatility.. page 57
It is a human duty to do something even where there is no hope of recovery. page 61
The cause of the putrefaction The "rotting" or corruption of bodily fluids, then believed to be the cause of many fevers. of the humors. page 60
The cause of the putrefaction of the humors is not always a blockage and the prevention of ventilation. page 62
The humors are produced in a certain primary and secondary order. page 78, section b.
How the humors are generated (in the same place).
Which humor is generated first, second, third, and last. page 79
Vile humors are not attracted to the source of putrefaction, but are driven out by the body's power as harmful things. page 81, on the back

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Fire [clears] every bad quality of the air that comes from outside, and putrefaction...