De hepatis inflammatione theses

some scarified, some not, sometimes attached to the legs, and sometimes also to the shoulder blades; clysters are sometimes mild, sometimes sharper.

LV.
With external causes removed and revulsion made for the removal of the preceding cause, so that we may finally also remove the proximate one, let us turn the conversation to the use of pharmaceuticals.

LVI.
Regarding these, however, it must be noted: if the cause of the flux is the receiving part itself, affected by pain or heat, that must be removed by taking away its cause, and the latter must be calmed by contrary cold things.

LVII.
Finally, whatever of the inflammation has been done and still persists, let it be eradicated, and let the viscera be restored to their original intemperance the balanced state of the humors by both internal and external medicines.

LVIII.
Internal medicines are most useful for the evacuation of matter after phlebotomy. But according to the precept of Galen, 7 Methods, those remedies regard either the gibbous convex part or the concave.

LIX.
He wants the gibbous [part] to be purged by diuretics, and the concave [part] to be cured by purging through the bowel.

LX.
It is excellent, and most worthy of observation, that [saying] of Galen, 8 to Glaucon, where he teaches that nothing should be done rashly, and orders that, whether we are altering or evacuating, we should do everything accurately and thoughtfully.

LXI.
When the disease is acting around the decline, with the inflammation now digested and the thinner parts digested, then stronger ones are needed, whether diuretics or purgatives.