The Canon of Medicine (Canon Medicinae), Vol. II

On treatment. Chapter 16.

Keep them quiet, and see that they are occupied with joyous things, stories, pleasant voices, and delightful games. Have them enter a bath of tepid water, not of excessive heat, and let them be anointed abundantly with some oil. This is more suitable for them than hot water. Let them be fed with foods that cool and moisten. And let them be forbidden from wine entirely, for it is not a path for them.

On ephemeral fever from vigils. Chapter 17.

a B. swelling, for it is made.

b B. &.

Sometimes an ephemeral fever also occurs from vigils. The signs of this are the antecedent vigils and a heaviness of the eyelids, because perhaps they cannot open them, and a sinking of the eye due to resolution loss of substance or fluid, and swelling of the eyelids due to the corruption of food and the multitude of vapors, and a disturbance of the urine due to the lack of digestion. There is weakness of the pulse, and a yellowness of the face due to poor digestion, and swelling of the face due to irritation from poor digestion; but it is not accompanied by redness, as is the case in the fever arising from anger.

On treatment. Chapter 18.

Its treatment is to be idle, to rest, and to sleep, and to apply an embrocation a liquid preparation rubbed into the skin to the head with cooling and moistening substances. A humid bath, foods with good chymus humoral juices, and moistening anointings are also required. Wine is among the most beneficial things for them, and they may take it in their drink without fear, unless there is a headache.

On ephemeral fever from sleep and rest. Chapter 19.

Sometimes hot vapors are resolved by the spirit the vital force through vigils and movement. When sleep and tranquility are prolonged and they are not resolved, a heating of the spirit and a fever occur from them. These are its signs: the preceding sleep and excessive tranquility, especially that which is not customary, indicate it. The departure from habit the disruption of the normal routine and a vaporous repletion and the pulse indicate it.

On its treatment. Chapter 20.

Its treatment is sweating in the air of a bath, washing with warm water, a scarcity of food and a preference for that which cools and moistens, and temperate exercise. It is not necessary to drink wine.

On ephemeral fever from joy. Chapter 21.

Sometimes a fever occurs from joy, just like that which happens from anger. Its signs are very close to those of the fever from anger, except that the appearance of the eye is that of a joyful person, not an angry one. The frequency of the pulse is also lower. Its cure is very close to the treatment of the one from anger.

On ephemeral fever from fear. Chapter 22.

Sometimes a fever occurs from fear, following the path of that which occurs from anguish. For the proportion of fear to anguish is the proportion of anger to joy, in that the movement of fear is toward the interior, and of anger toward the exterior; it happens suddenly, whereas other types happen gradually. Its signs are close to the signs of that which happens from anguish, except that the diversity in the pulse is more vehement, and the appearance of the eye in them is the appearance of one who is terrified. Its treatment is close to the treatment of that which happens from anguish, and it is necessary that he be secured from fear, and that one approaches him with messengers that bring joy, and joyful things are helpful to him.

a B. wine is beneficial.

On ephemeral fever from labor. Chapter 23.

a --- B.

Labor sometimes reaches a maximum in heating the body and the spirit, so that a fever occurs that is harmful to its operations; it is of great harm and burden upon the vital and animal faculties. The signs are the antecedent labor, the addition of the heating of the joints above the usual level, the b B. sensation of weariness, and dryness of the body. Sometimes at its end, moistening occurs if the labor was temperate c B. & there was no drying heat, or if cold prevented sweating. But if the labor was excessive, the moisture and sweat are diminished, and sometimes a dry cough follows it due to the condition of the lungs. Its pulse is small and weak, and sometimes declines to hardness, and the urine is yellow d B. sharp due to movement, and thin due to resolution.

On treatment. Chapter 24.

a B. with light friction.

b B. of small fish.

Their treatment is tranquility, bathing in a tub, and anointing a B. with proper friction over the joints, and the intake of good food with a good chymus humoral juice, which is moistening, according to the quantity that can be digested, from the category of chicken meat, kid, and b B. small fish. And since their strengths are weak, it is not necessary that they trust in themselves to be able to digest what they digested in the state of health, but rather less than that. For this reason, they are fed with things where a little nourishes a great deal, such as those we mentioned, and such as the yolks of soft-boiled eggs, and the testicles of roosters are good for them. Some, however, have thought that the regimen of those suffering from weariness must be made more subtle than that of others, but that is not correct. It is necessary that they take moist fruits, and take wine in their drink with a great deal of dilution, if they are accustomed, or iuleb julep, a medicinal sweet drink, and something else if they are not accustomed. And it is necessary that their anointing be more plentiful than the anointing of others with some oil, so that their limbs and dried joints may be moistened, and again so that what has occurred to them from tension may be softened; oil of violets is among the better oils for them. It is necessary that their anointing be applied to the body, and especially to the head, neck, spinal vertebrae, and all joints, and especially after bathing. And it is necessary that their bedding e B. be softened and their clothes and seats be perfumed.