Introductory Book

On Anatomy

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Generally concerning the members of the body. Fourth, concerning the head: what signs in the face make it recognizable. Concerning the courses of the infirmities of the head and the cure for them: if pain is from a hot cause, if from a cold, if from inanition, if from the fullness of the stomach, if pustules and redness in the face, if frenzy, as in the following chapter. Other things: Concerning the brain, concerning the pain of the brain and head. Concerning the nose, the nostrils, if dizziness, if pain of the colors, if the face is livid, if a boy has a rash. Concerning the hair and its cure: if it has flowed fallen out, that the hair may become thick, that the hair may not fall out. Concerning sleep and the soul of those who cannot sleep, to provoke to sleep, if the sick person is suffering from lethargy, if the sick person cannot sleep. Concerning the eyes and their infirmities and the cure: if pain from blood, if from bile, if tears flow involuntarily, if they see with dimness, if a white spot comes upon the eyes, if they have spots of learning, if the eyes are tearful, if the eye was struck, if it suddenly reddened with blood and shed blood, if one has been furious, anxiety, bad cases, so the best way for the health of the eyes, if the eye reddens and hurts, if currents of the eyes occur. Concerning the eyelids. Concerning the ears and their infirmities and the cure: if there was an impediment to hearing in the ear, if there was a trembling in the ears, if pus

or a fistula was in the ear, if the obstruction was vehement and sudden, if the ears are goutorata likely referring to a blockage or swelling, if they feel pain and a stinging of the ears, if one has obstructed hearing, if they are found in the ear. Concerning the nose and its infirmities and the cure: if blood flowed from the nostrils, if coryza, which is a flux of rheum, flows from the nostrils. Concerning the beard. Concerning the mouth and its infirmities and the cure: if one has a foul mouth, that the mouth may smell well, if there are ulcers in the throat, if one suffers from a boiling of the throat, if one feels a fissure of the lips. Concerning the teeth and their infirmities and the cure: if there was toothache from a cause of the stomach, if from a vice of the head, if from a cold cause, if from a hot cause, if from bile, if everything is in the teeth, if the teeth ache, to strengthen the teeth, if a boy changes teeth and pain, if the gums are irritated, if flesh has grown over the teeth. Concerning the tongue and its impediments and the cure: if the sick person has become mute, if the tongue of children has come under an impediment. Concerning the voice and how it is clarified, if it has become hoarse. Concerning the uvula and its infirmities and the cure: if the uvula hurts from a distillation of humors, if from blood. Concerning the asphilego likely the epiglottis or related throat structure. Concerning the throat: if something fell into the throat. Concerning the gullet and its infirmities and the cure: if you have a quinancy quinsy, a form of tonsillitis, if you have felt a scratching of the throat and you seek wounds, if a boiling of the throat, if ulcers in the gullet, if a fish bone has stuck in the throat. Concerning the neck and its infirmities and the cure: if the neck...