On Medical Matters

...and the passing of bloody urine, and laceration, and the burning of many parts of the body, are found to accompany not only cantharides, but also pityocampa pine caterpillar, buprestis a venomous beetle, and the salamander. Lethargy, or stupor, or snoring, turning blue, being sluggish, growing cold, becoming numb 43, being without sensation, or the whole body itching, follows not only those who have drunk poppy juice, but also those who have taken mandrake or hemlock. Delirium is brought on not only by henbane, but also by those drugs called toxic; and aconite, and the honey produced in Heraclea in Pontus. Suffocation is seen not only in the case of mushrooms, but also in the case of bull's blood, milk, aconite, gypsum, and white lead. In general, if you wish to find a sign capable of revealing any of the drugs drunk or tasted, it is difficult, especially because these symptoms accompany other conditions that arise. Except in the case of those that kill quickly, it is in some way possible and...

43) Codex X: "shivering" or "to shiver."

...and the sensation of fire through many parts of the body are found to supervene not only in epoted cantharides, but also in pine caterpillars, buprestis, and the salamander. In the same manner, not only those who have drunk poppy juice are seized by lethargy and sleep, snore, turn blue, grow weak, grow cold, and become torpid, are stuporous, or are vexed by itching throughout the whole body, but also those who have taken mandrake or hemlock. Thus, not only henbane brings on alienation of the mind, but also those things which are called toxic, and likewise aconite and the honey which is produced at Heraclea Pontica. Indeed, strangulation is seen not only from eaten mushrooms, but also from bull's blood, milk, aconite, white lead, and gypsum. In summary, it is difficult to find one sign proper to one poison that can certainly reveal the virus that has been drunk or tasted; especially when such symptoms are accustomed to follow and accompany other affections commonly. Nevertheless, in those which kill quickly, it is permitted in some way to detect by signs that which...