The "De morbo quem gallicum nuncupant" (1497) of Coradinus Gilinus / by Cyril C. Barnard.

  • Barnard, Cyril Cuthbert.
Date:
1930
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Credit: The "De morbo quem gallicum nuncupant" (1497) of Coradinus Gilinus / by Cyril C. Barnard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    disease should in the first place be subjected to regimen and diet as regards those things included under the six non-naturals. (I) Air. First as regards air let patients dwell in places neither very hot nor very cold, for two reasons. Firstly on account of the pustules for, since these are caused by adustion, heat by warming them is harmful. Likewise cold is harmful to them, as HIPPOCRATES maintained (Aphorisms, Section 5, N°. 20), “Cold pinches ulcers, hardens the skin, occasions pain which does not end in suppuration”, etc. !). Secondly on account of the pain in the joints and nerves, for as stated in the above-mentioned section (Hippocrates, Aphorisms, Section 5, N°. 18) “Cold is inimical to the bones, the teeth, the nerves, etc. 2). (II) Meat & Drink. Clear water from running streams is good. Patients should avoid foods that generate gross, viscid and especially melancholic humours, likewise salted foods, spices, vinegar, garlic, onions, leeks and such like, in short all drying foods, sweet wine and particularly strong black wine, the flesh of large animals and also of aquatic birds: they may eat veal, lamb, the flesh of kids and now and then that of young castrated pigs, if unsalted. They may eat the flesh of young animals, pheasants, partridges, thrushes, quails and all birds dwelling in meadows and amongst trees. As for fish, those from stony or sandy streams, especially small ones, and occasionally gilt-heads, need not be withheld from patients. Gross leguminous foods are to be avoided but they can eat spelt, rice, panicum 3), millet and barley. Of vegetables, blite, spinach, orach, borage, endive, lettuce, sorrel, purslane, turnips and the like do not seem to hurt. As regards fruit I do not condemn good melons taken very mode¬ rately, grapes, especially fully ripe white ones, apples or pears, nor do I condemn figs over much, though I do not recommend them on account of their heating properties. [They may eat] bread made from fermented grain and not too salt. White or light clear red wines are best. 1) & 2) Francis Adams’s translation (Sydenha?n Society, 16), 1849, II, 740. 3) A kind of millet.