De Medicina |
Translator: Walter George Spencer
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| 109 |
Aperiunt tamquam ora in corporibus , quod stom un Graece dicitur , cinnamomum , balsamum , panaces ; iuncus quadratus , puleium et flos albae uiolae , bdella , galbanum , resina terebenthina et pinea , propolis , oleum uetus ; piper , pyrethrum , chamaepitys , uua t aminia ; sulpur , alumen , rutae semen .
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4 The following open, as it were, mouths in our bodies, called in Greek stomou=n: cinnamon, balsam, all-heal; rush-root, pennyroyal, white violet flowers, bdellium, galbanum, turpentine and pine-resin, propolis, old olive-oil; pepper, pyrethrum, ground pine thistle, black bryony berries, sulphur, alum, rue seed. |
| 110 |
Purgant aerugo , auripigmentum , quod arsenicon a Graecis nominatur [ huic autem et sandaracae in omnia eadem uis , sed ualidior est squama aeris ] , pumex ; iris , balsamum , st urax , tus , turis cortex , resina et pinea et terebenthina liquida , oenanthe ; lacerti stercus , sanguis columbae et palumbi et hirundinis ; Hammoniacum , bdellium [ quod in omnia idem quod Hammoniacum potest , sed ualentius est habrot onum ] , ficus arida , coccum Cnidium , scobis eboris , omphacium , radicula ; coagulum , sed maxime leporinum [ cui eadem quae ceteris coagulis facultas , sed ubique ualidior est ] , fel , uitellus crudus , cornu ceruinum , gluten taurinum , mel crudum ; misy , chalcitis ; crocum , uua t aminia ; habrotonum , spuma argenti , galla , squama aeris , lapis haematites , minium , costum , sulpur , pix cruda ; sebum , adeps , oleum ; ruta , porrum , lenticula , eruum .
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5 The following have a cleaning effect: verdigris, orpiment, called by the Greeks arsenicon now this has the same property as sandarach, but copper scales are stronger, pumice; orris root, balsam, storax, frankincense, frankincense bark, pine-resin and liquid turpentine, vine-flowers; lizard dung, blood of pigeon and wood pigeon and swallow; ammoniacum, bdellium which has the same virtue as ammoniacum, but southernwood is more powerful, dry fig, Cnidian berry, powdered ivory, omphacium, radish; rennet, especially of the hare which has the same faculty as other rennet but is far more active, ox-bile, uncooked yolk of e.g., burnt stagshorn, ox-glue, raw honey, antimony sulphide, copper ore; saffron, black bryony berries, southernwood, litharge, oak-gall, haematite, minium, costmary, sulphur, crude pitch, suet, fat, oil, rue, leek, lentil, bitter vetch. |
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Rodunt alumen liquidum , sed magis rotundum , aerugo , chalcitis , misy , squama aeris , sed magis rubri , aes combustum , sandaraca , minium Sinopicum ; galla , balsamum , murra , tus , turis cortex , galbanum , resina terebenthina umida , piper utrumque , sed rotundum magis , cardamomum ; auripigmentum , calx , nitrum et spuma eius ; , narcissi radix , , alcyonium , , alium , mel crudum , uinum , lentiscus , squama ferri , fel taurinum , scamonia , uua t aminia , cinnamomum , styrax , cicutae semen , omphacium , apii semen , resina , narcissi semen , fel , nuces amarae oleumque earum , atramentum sutorium , chrysocolla , ueratrum , cinis .
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6 The following are erodents: alum brine, especially when made from round alum, verdigris, copper ore, antimony sulphide, copper scales, especially from red copper, calcined copper, sandarach, minium from Sinope; oak-galls, balsam, myrrh, frankincense, frankincense bark, galbanum, liquid turpentine, pepper of both kinds but especially the round, cardamon; orpiment, lime, soda and its scum; parsley seed, narcissus root, omphacium, coral, oil of bitter almonds, garlic, uncooked honey, wine, mastich, iron scales, ox-bile, scammony, black bryony berries, cinnamon, storax, hemlock seed, omphacium, parsley seed, resin, narcissus seed, bitter almonds and their oil, blacking, chrysocolla, hellebore, ash. |
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Exedunt corpus acaciae sucus , hebenus , aerugo , squama aeris , chrysocolla , cinis , cinis Cyprius , nitrum , cadmia , spuma argenti , hypocistis , diphryges , sal , auripigmentum , sulpur , cicuta , sandaraca , salamandra , , aeris flos , chalcitis , atramentum sutorium , ochra , calx , , galla , alumen , lac caprifici uel lactucae marinae , quae tithymallos a Graecis appellatur , alcyoneum , fel , turis fuligo , spodium , lenticula , mel , oleae folia , marrubium , lapis haematites et Phrygius et As sius et scissilis , misy , uinum , acetum .
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7 The following are exedents: acacia juice, ebony, verdigris, copper scales, chrysocolla, ash, cyprus ash, soda, cadmia, litharge, hypocistis, slag, salt, orpiment, sulphur, hemlock, sandarach, salamander-ash, coral, flowers of copper, copper ore, blacking, ochre, lime, vinegar, oak-gall, alum, milk of the wild fig, or of sea spurge which the Greeks call tithymallos, coral, bile, frankincense, spode, lentil, honey, olive leaves, horehound, haematite stone, Phrygian, Assian and ironschist, antimony sulphide, wine, vinegar. |