Propositiones medicae

of the same, the diet should be temperate, leaning toward moisture and coldness, devoid of any biting quality. In cases of obstruction, as well as in weakness of the gallbladder, a diet that is easy to digest, opening, incisive, and thinning is required, as is the case for yellow jaundice.

XXXVII.

In black jaundice, however, the intemperance or inflammation or obstruction of the spleen requires a similar diet to that which such an affection requires in the liver itself. In black-green jaundice original: "μελαγχολώρῳ", however, because of the mixed affections and causes, a contrary regimen of diet is likewise established.

XXXVIII.

Pharmaceutical practice original: "φαρμακευτικὴ" is similarly performed by means that, whether taken internally or applied externally, address the diseases themselves, their causes, and the symptoms at the same time.

XXXIX.

Thus, having purged the common passages, and having performed bloodletting in the arm in the case of plethora overabundance of humors, or having restored the suppression of the usual monthly hemorrhoidal flows, the intemperance of the viscera, the obstruction, and any other affections inciting this effusion should be removed.

XL.

However, this is achieved most effectively if the intemperance of the whole habit, and especially of the liver and its inflammation, as well as that of the spleen, is corrected by altering and correcting opposites; and the obstruction is removed—by thinning, incisive, and detergent substances—once the thick and viscous humor, whether it be hot or cold, has been prepared and drawn out.

XLI.

Therefore, in simple jaundice, use remedies tempered from cold and hot. In a cold cause, as in black jaundice, use those that are predominantly hot; but in a mixed case, use mixed medicines.

XLII.