On Medical Matters

...according to the magnitudes of the causes occurring and the predispositions and suitabilities of the bodies. But if some of them, having been seized by speechlessness or mental derangement original: "παρανοίαις" or another original: "ἄλλῳ" (condition), because they do not wish to extract it, make the drug unclear to us, then it is necessary to quickly come to the remedies commonly appropriate for anyone who has drunk any drug; and no remedy can be given more commonly than to empty the given drug, before it gains strength, through the nearest passage to the outside; whence, delaying nothing, it is necessary to offer warm oil, forcing them to vomit either by itself or with water; but if oil is not present, the places not providing it, butter instead of oil with hot water, or a decoction of mallow, or flaxseed, or tragos note: a cereal grain, or fenugreek, or nettle seed, or groats, may be administered. For these not only will empty it through vomiting, easily causing relaxation and nausea, but also will move the bowels, and will oppose the malignancy of the drugs original: "τῆς κακίᾳ τῶν φαρμάκων", blunting the sharp—

26) Thus Marcellus already advised and after him Cornarius. Common: "drunkenness" [an error]. Codex X: "derangement."
27) Thus all, namely pathēmati condition or nosēmati disease. Saracenus alone: "otherwise."
28) Corrected from Paulus from the common "to the emptying of bodies." Lacuna: "to the ulceration of bodies."

...are either curable or elude all the defenses of the art. If any of them, seized by interception of voice, or alienation of mind, or another affect, or unwilling to be freed from the poison, have provided no understanding of it to us, then one must immediately come to those remedies that are generally suitable for any poisons whatsoever that have been drunk. Yet no remedy can be given more commonly than that which drives out the exhibited poison through the nearest place, before it itself becomes strong. Wherefore, it is appropriate to exhibit to them, without delay, warm oil, whether by itself or from water, so that they may be compelled to vomit. But if the nature of the place denies oil, in its stead butter with hot water, or a decoction of mallow, or of flaxseed, or of tragos, or of fenugreek, or of nettle seed, or of groats can be administered. These will not only require the poison through vomitings, by easily loosening and subverting the stomach, but will also move the bowels, and at the same time will oppose the malignancy of the poisons,