CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION. PART I:
i. The edition of 1590 . . . . . . . vii
ii. Manuscripts collated for the present edition . . . . viii
iii. Manuscripts not collated . . . . . . . xvi
iv. Relations of the manuscripts . . . . . . . xviii
v. Authenticity of the treatises here printed . . . . xxi
vi. Origin of the various treatises . . . . . . xxiii
vii. Notes on the methods adopted in this edition . . . . xxviii
viii. Appendix . . . . . . . . . . xxix

INTRODUCTION. PART II:
Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . xxxii
Authorities . . . . . . . . . . xxxiii
System . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxiv
Occult Remedies . . . . . . . . . xxxix
Estimate . . . . . . . . . . . xlii

BOOK (LETTER) ON DELAYING THE ACCIDENTS OF OLD AGE original: "Liber (Epistola) de retardatione accidentium senectutis" . . . . . . . . . . 1
A SUMMARY EXPOSITION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LETTER original: "Summaria expositio epistole predicte" . . . . 84
ON THE UNIVERSAL LIFESTYLE FOR THE AGED AND ELDERLY original: "De vniuersali regimine senum et seniorum" . . 90
ON BATHS FOR THE AGED AND ELDERLY original: "De balneis senum et seniorum" . . . . . . 96
ON THE PREPARATION OF CERTAIN MEDICINES original: "De compositione quarundam medicinarum" . . 98
THE ANTIDOTARY original: "Antidotarius"; a collection of recipes for medicines and their antidotes. . . . . . . . . . . 103
BOOK (DISCOURSE) ON THE PRESERVATION OF YOUTH original: "Liber (sermo) de conseruatione iuuentutis" . . 120
ON THE GRADING OF MEDICINES original: "De graduatione medicinarum"; refers to the medieval system of measuring the intensity of a medicine's primary qualities like heat or moisture. . . . . . . 144
ON THE ERRORS OF PHYSICIANS original: "De erroribus medicorum" . . . . . . . 150
APPENDIX:
i. Extract from the Book of Six Sciences original: "Liber sex scientiarum" . . . . . 181
ii. On Critical Days original: "De diebus criticis"; refers to specific days during an illness when a change or "crisis" is expected, often linked to moon phases. . . . . . . . . 186
Figure 2. A table showing in which zodiac sign the moon is currently located. original: "Tabula docens in quo signo est luna" . . . To face p. 199
iii. On Critical Days original: "De diebus criticis" . . . . . . . . 200
NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
GLOSSARY OF DRUGS . . . . . . . . 218