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Various (Johannitius, Galen, Hippocrates, Philaretus, Theophilus) · 1483

60 Whoever has [a] fever. 29
28 Whoever has [a] spleen. 26
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from sputum. 47
Excretions if. 28
Concerning prognosis taken from the eyes and from tears.
52 Whoever has [a] fever. 28
¶ Concerning prognosis taken from urine in every way.
69 Whoever has urine in fever. 29
70 Whoever has urine in fever. 29
71 Whoever has [this] on the seventh [day]. 30
72 Whoever has urine [that is] thick. 30
73 Whoever has hope. 30
75 If healthy, let them vomit. 30
76 Whoever has [this] in the urine [that is] clear. 30
77 Whoever has [this] in the urine [that is] thick. 30
78 Whoever is healthy. 31
79 Whoever has [this] in the urine. 31
81 If healthy, or [it] promotes. 31
82 Whoever has [this] in the urinary [passage]. 31
83 Much urine at night. 31
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from changed quality.
39 And where in the body it is. 27
40 And where in the whole body. 28
49 In those not suffering [from] fever. 28
63 Whoever has [this] in fever. 29
65 In fevers with wind. 29
53 Whoever has [this] in the teeth. 28
¶ The fourth part of the Aphorisms, pertaining to practical medicine, treats the actual evacuation, with a certain canon for the cure of diseases, the practical way of which is permitted for the proposal of the mode of purging.
10 [Those] to be medicated in valo. original: "valō" 25
9 Physicians must infer. 25
2 In pharmacies, etc. 24
12 Whoever has bellies [that are] open. 25
3 If they wish to be purged. 25
4 To purge all?. 25
5 Under the canon. 25
6 Slender and easy. 26
7 Those who vomit with difficulty. 25
8 The consumptive. original: "Ptisicos" 25
13 Concerning hellebores. 25
14 When they have drunk what. 25
15 When they wish [the] stomach. 25
16 Hellebore is dangerous. 25
19 Whoever in pharmacy. 25
1 Pregnant [women] if they. 24
¶ The fifth part of the Aphorisms, pertaining to theoretical medicine, is about good prognosis, and certain causes of diseases arising in abortion, and certain accidents by which there is sterility: and then in general through signs in every way: and then through signs taken from the disease.
8 [For those with] epilepsy. 31
9 Whoever has pleurisy. 31
10 Consumption occurs. 31
11 Whoever [has] signs. 32
16 Whoever [has] pleurisy. 32
62 From a heavy habit. 36
¶ Concerning prognosis in general: and then through signs taken from the accident: and
and then from a changed action.
1 Spasm from hellebore. 31
2 Spasm in wounds. 31
3 With much blood flowing. 31
4 Spasm innate and. 31
6 If intoxicated. 31
7 Whoever from tetanus. 31
65 Whoever has tumors in [the] abdomen. 36
66 If in wounds. 36
68 Rigors in women. 36
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from a changed excretion.
12 Those with the mass of consumption. 32
13 Whoever [has] consumption. 32
15 Consumption having diarrhea. 32
14 Whoever has [this] in sputum. 32
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from changed quality.
70 Whoever has circuit of pain. 36
71 Jaundiced [people] do not recover. 36
¶ Concerning prognosis in particular through signs taken [from] women’s appetites: and then through signs [of] appetite in pregnant women.
30 [For a] woman pregnant in the womb from some [cause]. 33
36 [For a] woman having [a child] in the womb if suddenly. 33
37 [For a] woman in the womb. 33
40 If a woman has vil. original: "vil." - likely indicating a specific substance or condition 34
41 A woman [with] bad signs. 34
42 If a woman [is] pregnant. 34
43 Which [is] beyond nature. 34
44 Whoever bodies. 34
47 [If the] fetus [is] male or. 34
49 [For a] woman having tenesmus in the womb. 34
53 Whoever [has] corruption. 34
55 Whoever in the womb. 34
60 [For a] woman in the womb. 35
61 If a woman [has] purging. 35
35 [For a] woman [with] menses. 33
51 Whoever in the womb has these enclosed [things]. 34
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs [of] appetite in women not pregnant: and then through signs signifying fertility or sterility.
59 [For a] woman if she has taken. 35
40 If a woman has vil. 34
45 Whoever exists. 34
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs [of] appetite in women not pregnant, and signifying other than the aforesaid.
39 [For a] woman with [a] m. original: "m." - likely menstrual 33
3 [For a] woman [with] bloody vomiting. 33
32 [For a] woman [with] menses. 33
34 [For a] woman who has [a] ma. 33
35 [For a] woman [with] menses. 33
38 Similarly, who is neither pregnant. 33
54 Whoever [has] bones. 34
56 In women’s flow. 34
57 With menses [that are] more. 34
58 In the anus, phlones. original: "phlones" 35
¶ Concerning certain causes of diseases and certain accidents such as sterility
and abortion: and then concerning certain causes of diseases.
17 Heat is harmful. 32
18 Cold, however, [causes] spasm. 32
19 Cold [is] an enemy. 32
21 For ulcers, cold. 32
22 Heat causes suppuration. 32
24 Cold [is] like snow. 32
¶ The aforesaid teaches how to know praiseworthy water.
26 Water which is quickly heated. 33
¶ Concerning the causes of generated sterility.
62 Whoever [has] cold and. 35
63 Similarly in the young. 35
¶ Concerning the causes of generated abortion.
29 [For a] woman having [a child] in the womb. 33
31 [For a] woman having [a child] in the womb. 33
¶ The fifth part of the Aphorisms, pertaining to practical medicine, treats the cure [of] touch: and then those things which are perfected by ascension. original: "scantia" - likely referring to agents that rise or promote flux
20 Whoever has [a] stiff [body]. 32
23 In these one must use. 32
21 It is, however, where. 32
25 In joint pain. 35
¶ Concerning the cure which is perfected through evan- original: "euan-" and astringents.
28 Leading out women's [things]. 33
48 For a woman, principally. 34
67 [For] posterior headaches. 36
50 [For a] woman in [the] instrument. 34
¶ Concerning the cure which is done through alfant- original: "alfant-" and also perfected [by] things.
64 Milk [to] relieve [the] head. 36
65 Whoever has tumors. 36
46 If a woman has [a child] in the womb. 34
27 Whoever drinks. 33
¶ The sixth part of the Aphorisms, pertaining to theoretical medicine, is about the prognosis and causes of certain passions or accidents: and then concerning prognosis through signs [of] appetite in bodies [in a] neutral state.
2 Whoever has [a] vessel [that] has. 37
51 Whoever [is] healthy. 40
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs [of] appetite in sick bodies: and then through signs taken from the place of the passion.
18 Bladder in incision. 38
19 When there has been an incision. 38
25 From erysipelas externally. 38
37 Having bled. 39
41 Whoever [is] healthy. 39
7 Pains and tumors. 37
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from the passion or disease.
21 In the maniac [with] varicose [veins]. 38
28 Eunuchs do not [have]. 38
40 Whoever [is] however. 29
46 Whoever has [a] gland. 40
59 Whoever from. 41
60 Whoever from. 41
31 Whoever [has] heat. 39
8 The dropsical [patient] in wounds. 37
45 Whatever wounds. 40
11 In melancholics [and]. 37
49 Whoever has tumors. 40
50 Whoever has [this] with. 40
57 The apoplectic. 41
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from the accident: and then through signs taken from a changed action.
1 In long-term lye. original: "lỹē" - possibly dysentery or similar long-term ailment 36
3 In long-term dysentery. 37
6 The nephritic and [those with]. 37
9 Broad pustules. 37
13 From sudden hiccup. 37
23 If fear. 38
26 Whoever [has] in the cause. 38
32 [Those] belching arid [things]. 39
34 The dropsical [patient with] cough. 39
51 It is necessary to attend. 41
52 Dissipation. 41
54 In acute passion. 41
55 [For] gout and. 41
44 Whoever has [this] in. 40
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from a changed excretion.
10 [For] the head wanting. 37
17 In the eyes of the patient. 37
27 Whoever [is] epileptic. 38
16 From pleurisy [with] bad [condition]. 37
15 From sudden diarrhea. 37
31 [The] stutterer from diarrhea. 39
14 From dropsy [with] bad [condition]. 37
20 If blood into the stomach. 38
43 Whoever [has] spleen [pain]. 40
48 The splenetic [with] blood. 40
58 If the omentum has erupted. 41
55 In melodic [or] sickness. original: "melic¹ egritu" - likely meaning mild or specific feverish sickness 41
29 [A] woman does not [have]. 39
30 Boys do not [have] gout. 38
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from changed quality.
4 [For] circulating ulcer. 37
42 Jaundiced [patient] after [being] healthy. 39
¶ Concerning the causes of certain accidents or certain passions.
39 Spasm happens from [a] blow. 39
¶ The sixth part of the Aphorisms, pertaining to practical medicine, which is about preservation.
47 Whoever has bloodletting or. 40
¶ And pertaining to practical medicine, which is about the curative [part], [for which] one canon is provided to be attended to in the cure of certain passions.
5 Pains in the sides. 37
22 Whoever wants. 38
31 Pains of the eyes. 38
38 Whoever has [this] from. 39
12 Hemorrhoids [and] blood. 37
36 [For] painful dysuria. 39
¶ The seventh part of the Aphorisms, pertaining to theoretical medicine, is about the act of a certain [person] and of sneezing: and then concerning prognosis through signs from the disease.
5 In mania [and] dysentery. 41
8 In pleurisy [with] pain. 42
31 [The] flat in the upper [part]. 43
12 In pleuropneumonia. 42
19 In denudation of the bone. 42
51 Whoever [has] spachi. original: "spacbi" 44
58 Whoever [is] ce. original: "ce." 44
53 Whoever [is] with ep. original: "ep." 44
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from action: and then taken from a changed action.
3 Hiccup in vomiting. 41
10 Hiccup in ileus. 42
37 The dropsical [patient] becomes. 44
4 Rigor in sweat. 41
7 From much drinking. 41
4 In flux of blood. 42
29 Whoever has bone. 42
13 In wounds, [the] sore. 42
14 In percussion [of] the head. 42
17 In hepatic phlones. 42
18 In waking, [the] spasm. 42
21 In lethargic [patients], trembling. 42
25 In fracture of the bone. 42
26 In pharmacy. 42
37 Whoever [has] [this] in. 43
41 If the tongue [is] heavy. 43
42 If [they are] purged. 43
44 [A] woman [is] having. 43
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from a changed excretion.
15 In blood sputum. 42
16 In sanious sputum. 42
20 In erysipelas, pus. 42
22 In strong [or] weak [signs]. 42
23 In pain of [the] vein. 42
24 In bowel movement. 42
30 If [by] white phlones. 42
31 Whoever [has] sputum. 42
33 Whoever [has] in fever. 43
35 Whoever [has] in bowel movement. 43
34 Whoever [has] in urine. 43
35 Whoever [has] in urine. 43
36 Whoever [has] in [the] thick [stuff]. 43
38 Whoever [has] blood. 43
40 If [they have] blood. 43
45 Whoever [is] epileptic. 43
46 Whoever [has] in the head. 43
55 Whoever [has] instr. original: "instr." 44
56 Whoever [is] ep. original: "ep." 44
50 From sudden sign. 44
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from a changed excretion from a changed action.
6 In the sickness of [the] day. 41
8 From interrupted appetite. 41
¶ Concerning prognosis through signs taken from changed quality.
1 In acute diseases. 41
2 In a sick bone. 41
27 In strong pain. 42
¶ Concerning the causes of certain accidents, i.e., sneezing.
52 Sneezing happens. 44
¶ The seventh part of the Aphorisms, pertaining to practical medicine.
49 Strangury [and]. 44
54 Whoever [is] [in] 2. 44
43 If fever does not. 43
47 [For] the eyes [to] be. 44
57 [For] yawns and oscitation. 44
59 Bodies [that] abound. 45