Disputatio de phrenitide

LXXIII.
The second thing which was proposed to us in this cure is accomplished by those things which can digest the matter impacted for this purpose and not evacuated by the aforementioned remedies. Such are temperately hot things, such as roosters and pigeons, cut in half and placed upon the head; if these do not suffice, one must come to stronger ones, which are proposed by physicians here and there. They must also be purged by those things which evacuate bile. For these not only punish the disease but also the symptoms themselves by snatching them away from them.

LXXIV.
If symptoms also afflict greatly, regard must be had for them. There are, however, two especially that are wont to infest the phrenetic most: namely, wakefulness and Ischuria urine retention. Therefore, sleep is to be induced first by milder things, such as syrup of poppy and violets with lettuce water, etc. Likewise, poplar ointment smeared on the temples. If these do not help, one must come to opiates, which must always be mixed with warming substances, so that their poisonous force is blunted. If, however, the vital powers are weak, or the patient is old, one must abstain from opiates, lest the remnants of the native heat be extinguished.

LXXV.
Suppressed urine is provoked by diuretic remedies which do not have the power of heating, such as the four greater cooling seeds. Externally, however, scorpion oil can be smeared on the pectin from the region of the bladder. Likewise, fomentation can be done with a decoction of pellitory, etc. And let these things said about phrenitis suffice, to which I will add certain Philosophical Problems for the sake of discussion.