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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    when he says, “And first of all those remedies that are weaker should be administered”; for two reasons, either on account of the adustion of the substance or of the dryness of the body, for dry bodies need greater dryness than moist ones, as Prince Avicenna says in the above-mentioned chapter, “Any exsiccated remedy, the dryness of which is less than the dryness of the body, will not produce flesh if it does not exceed the body in dryness”. Sublimati Thuris Lithargyri Tartari Argenti Vivi Masticis * Sarcocollae Yreos Seminis Plantaginis Axungiae Porcinae Butyri aa aa ^ lv. Sulphuris Cerussae 01. Communis q. s. Ft. lin. cum pauca cera. Take equal parts of these unguents or this last one alone according to what the patient can bear, for it smarts, and anoint at one time with the unguent, at another with butter, so that the eschars may fall off, 4. Cauterization. In conclusion, the actual or potential cautery applied to the coronal suture gives very great relief, especially when the chief seat of the outbreak is on the head !). I have tried it upon a great many who were affected by this disease in the throat, and all were cured to the praise of God Almighty, who is the author of all things both high and low. THE END. 1) Sudhoff [1] points out that this “heroic” line of treatment was adopted for counteracting the salivation caused by inunctions. The application of a red hot iron to the suture was thought to be a way of influencing the brain, which was regarded as the source of phlegm (pituita), cf. our modern term pituitary body.