Apotherapeia iatrikē

XXVIII.

Finally, prognostic signs follow: if the colic pain is vehement and continuous, with nausea, and yet nothing is expelled—neither downward nor upward—and simultaneously it does not move from its location, it is a bad sign, and indeed worse than if the contrary were true.

XXIX.

It is a very bad sign if the breath is foul-smelling, for the ailment often transitions into an ileus a severe obstruction of the intestine, as Paulus Paulus Aegineta, a 7th-century Greek physician testifies.

XXX.

Frequent sweating and fainting are lethal signs.

XXXI.

If it arises from inflammation, and especially if the body swells immediately, it is most dangerous, from which it often tends to kill within 12 hours.

XXXII.

Colic pain often ends in an inflammation of the hip joint ischium hip socket, as Galen teaches in his commentary on the book On Humors, Paulus in book 3, chapter 43, and Avicenna, as well as daily experience in these our regions testifies.

XXXIII.

In some, this matter is transmitted not to the limbs, but is pushed into the chest or the spine; the voice and respiration are gravely damaged, and finally, death ensues. In others, however, the matter is carried to other locations, such as the head, from which it creates epilepsy, or another similar occurrence happens.

XXXIV.

TREATMENT follows, which we shall establish as appropriate for the colic