Collection of medical receipts in English and Latin (Leech-Books, IV)

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Collection of medical receipts in Middle English and Latin

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1. ff. 1r-7r Medical receipts in English

f. 1r [For payne in the tothe ?] ... also hot as thow may souffre it to thy cheke at euen. Item. Tak the rote of the rede dokke ... f. 7r [For the ston] ... or tak and drink sed of spurge tempered with wyn or ale.

2. ff. 7v-10v Medical receipts in Latin

f. 7v [C]ontra cancrum probatissimum experimentum accipe absinthium ... f. 10v [Ad faciendas margaritas] ... et purifica eas et sicut [?] ut margaritas.

3. ff. 11r-61r Medical receipts in English and Latin

f. 11r Theise ben the veynes to leten onne a man blod. for diuerse eueles. In the arme ben veynes ... f. 15r [For alle newe woundes and to knowe] ... and it schal purge and heole the wounde. f. 15v Ad reuma capitis. R[ecipe] plenam manum ordei ... f. 61r [Ad dolorem wulnerum] ... et parum mellis et farinam tritici et fac emplastrum etc.

4. ff. 61v-70r Glossary of herbs

f. 61v [A]brothanum ameroyne sothernewode ... f. 70r zynziber [Added] zucaro uel zucura.

5. f. 70v Note 'De virtute rute', followed by a receipt in French 'Por feblesse et maladies des oils'.

Collection of medical receipts in English and Latin (Leech-Books, IV)

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