Of Medicine, in Eight Books

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Celsus, Aulus Cornelius, 26? BCE-50?

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Contents

1. 1.A. CORN. CELSUS OF MEDICINE IN EIGHT BOOKS.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.BOOK I. — PREFACE.
5. 5.CHAP. I. RULES FOR THE HEALTHY.
6. 6.CHAP. II. RULES FOR VALETUDINARY PEOPLE.
7. 7.CHAP. III. SOME OBSERVATIONS SUITED TO NEW INCIDENTS, AND THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS, SEXES, AND AGES, AND THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR.
8. 8.CHAP. IV. RULES FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A WEAKNESS IN THE HEAD.
9. 9.CHAP. V. DIRECTIONS FOR THOSE THAT LABOUR UNDER A LIPPITUDE, GRAVEDO, CATARRH, AND DISORDERS OF THE TONSILS.
10. 10.CHAP. VI. THE PROPER REGIMEN FOR PEOPLE LIABLE TO A PURGING.
11. 11.CHAP. VII. RULES FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIABLE TO A PAIN OF THE COLON.
12. 12.CHAP. VIII. RULES FOR ONE THAT HAS A WEAK STOMACH.
13. 13.CHAP. IX. DIRECTIONS FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIABLE TO PAINS OF THE NERVES.
14. 14.CHAP. X. DIRECTIONS IN A PESTILENCE.
15. 15.BOOK II. — PREFACE.
16. 16.CHAP. I. OF THE DIFFERENT SEASONS, WEATHER, AGES, CONSTITUTIONS, AND THE DISEASES PECULIAR TO EACH.
17. 17.CHAP. II. OF THE SIGNS OF AN APPROACHING ILLNESS.
18. 18.CHAP. III. GOOD SYMPTOMS IN SICK PEOPLE.
19. 19.CHAP. IV. BAD SYMPTOMS IN SICK PEOPLE.
20. 20.CHAP. V. SIGNS OF LONG SICKNESS.
21. 21.CHAP. VI. THE SYMPTOMS OF DEATH.
22. 22.CHAP. VII. OF THE SIGNS IN PARTICULAR DISEASES.
23. 23.CHAP. VIII. WHAT SYMPTOMS ARE DANGEROUS, OR HOPEFUL IN PARTICULAR DISEASES.
24. 24.CHAP. IX. OF THE CURE OF DISEASES.
25. 25.CHAP. X. OF BLEEDING.
26. 26.CHAP. XI. OF CUPPING.
27. 27.CHAP. XII. OF PURGING.
28. 28.CHAP. XIII. OF VOMITING.
29. 29.CHAP. XIV. OF FRICTION.
30. 30.CHAP. XV. OF GESTATION.
31. 31.CHAP. XVI. OF ABSTINENCE.
32. 32.CHAP. XVII. OF SWEATING.
33. 33.CHAP. XVIII. OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOOD AND DRINK.
34. 34.CHAP. XIX. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT FOODS.
35. 35.CHAP. XX. OF THINGS CONTAINING GOOD JUICES.
36. 36.CHAP. XXI. OF FOODS CONTAINING BAD JUICES.
37. 37.CHAP. XXII. OF MILD AND ACRID THINGS.
38. 38.CHAP. XXIII. OF THOSE THINGS WHICH GENERATE A THICK AND A FLUID PHLEGM.
39. 39.CHAP. XXIV. OF WHAT AGREES WITH THE STOMACH.
40. 40.CHAP. XXV. OF THINGS HURTFUL TO THE STOMACH.
41. 41.CHAP. XXVI. OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH OCCASION FLATULENCIES, AND THE CONTRARY.
42. 42.CHAP. XXVII. OF THOSE THINGS WHICH HEAT AND COOL.
43. 43.CHAP. XXVIII. OF WHAT IS EASILY CORRUPTED IN THE STOMACH, AND THE CONTRARY.
44. 44.CHAP. XXIX. OF WHAT OPENS THE BELLY.
45. 45.CHAP. XXX. OF WHAT BINDS THE BELLY.
46. 46.CHAP. XXXI. OF DIURETIC MEATS AND DRINKS.
47. 47.CHAP. XXXII. OF SOPORIFEROUS AND EXCITING THINGS.
48. 48.CHAP. XXXIII. OF THOSE THINGS, WHICH DRAW, REPEL, OR COOL, OR HEAT, OR HARDEN, OR SOFTEN.
49. 49.BOOK III. — CHAP. I. GENERAL DIVISION OF DISTEMPERS.
50. 50.CHAP. II. GENERAL DIAGNOSTICS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC, INCREASING AND DECLINING DISEASES; THE DIFFERENCE OF REGIMEN IN EACH; AND PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY UPON THE APPREHENSION OF AN APPROACHING ILLNESS.
51. 51.CHAP. III. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF FEVERS.
52. 52.CHAP. IV. OF THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF CURE.
53. 53.CHAP. V. PARTICULAR DIRECTIONS FOR THE GIVING OF FOOD IN THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FEVERS.
54. 54.CHAP. VI. THE PROPER TIMES FOR GIVING DRINK TO PERSONS IN FEVERS, AND THE KINDS OF ALIMENT SUITED TO THE SEVERAL STAGES OF THE DISTEMPER, TOGETHER WITH SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
55. 55.CHAP. VII. OF THE CURE OF PESTILENTIAL AND ARDENT FEVERS.
56. 56.CHAP. VIII. THE CURE OF A SEMITERTIAN.
57. 57.CHAP. IX. THE CURE OF SLOW FEVERS.
58. 58.CHAP. X. REMEDIES FOR THE CONCOMITANT SYMPTOMS OF FEVERS.
59. 59.CHAP. XI. REMEDIES AGAINST A COLDNESS OF THE EXTREMITIES PRECEDING A FEVER.
60. 60.CHAP. XII. THE CURE OF A SHUDDERING BEFORE FEVERS.
61. 61.CHAP. XIII. THE CURE OF A QUOTIDIAN FEVER,
62. 62.CHAP. XIV. THE CURE OF A TERTIAN FEVER.
63. 63.CHAP. XV. THE CURE OF A QUARTAN FEVER.
64. 64.CHAP. XVI. THE CURE OF A DOUBLE QUARTAN.
65. 65.CHAP. XVII. THE CURE OF A QUOTIDIAN ARISING FROM A QUARTAN.
66. 66.CHAP. XVIII. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF MADNESS AND THEIR CURE.
67. 67.CHAP. XIX. OF THE CARDIAC DISORDER AND ITS CURE.
68. 68.CHAP. XX. OF THE LETHARGY, AND ITS CURE.
69. 69.CHAP. XXI. OF THE SEVERAL SPECIES OF THE DROPSY AND THEIR CURE.
70. 70.CHAP. XXII. OF THE SEVERAL KINDS OF CONSUMPTION AND THEIR CURE.
71. 71.CHAP. XXIII. OF THE EPILEPSY AND ITS CURE.
72. 72.CHAP. XXIV. OF THE JAUNDICE AND ITS CURE.
73. 73.CHAP. XXV. OF THE ELEPHANTIASIS, AND ITS CURE.
74. 74.CHAP. XXVI. OF APOPLECTIC PATIENTS, AND THEIR CURE.
75. 75.CHAP. XXVII. OF THE PALSY, AND ITS CURE.
76. 76.BOOK IV. — CHAP. I. OF THE INTERNAL PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY.
77. 77.CHAP. II. OF THE DISORDERS OF THE HEAD, AND THEIR CURE.
78. 78.CHAP. III. OF THE DISEASES OF THE NECK, AND THEIR CURE.
79. 79.CHAP. IV. OF THE DISEASES IN THE FAUCES, AND THEIR CURE.
80. 80.CHAP. V. OF THE DISORDERS OF THE STOMACH, AND THEIR CURE.
81. 81.CHAP. VI. OF PAINS OF THE SIDES, AND THEIR CURE.
82. 82.CHAP. VII. OF A PERIPNEUMONY, AND ITS CURE.
83. 83.CHAP. VIII. OF THE DISEASE OF THE LIVER, AND ITS CURE.
84. 84.CHAP. IX. OF THE DISORDER OF THE SPLEEN, AND ITS CURE.
85. 85.CHAP. X. OF THE DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS, AND THEIR CURE.
86. 86.CHAP. XI. OF THE CHOLERA, AND ITS CURE.
87. 87.CHAP. XII. OF THE COELIAC DISTEMPER OF THE STOMACH, AND ITS CURE.
88. 88.CHAP. XIII. OF THE DISTEMPER OF THE SMALL GUT, AND ITS CURE.
89. 89.CHAP. XIV. OF THE DISEASE OF THE LARGE INTESTINE, AND ITS CURE.
90. 90.CHAP. XV. OF A DYSENTERY, AND ITS CURE.
91. 91.CHAP. XVI. OF A LIENTERY, AND ITS CURE.
92. 92.CHAP. XVII. OF WORMS IN THE BELLY, AND THEIR CURE.
93. 93.CHAP. XVIII. OF A TENESMUS, AND ITS CURE.
94. 94.CHAP. XIX. OF A SIMPLE PURGING, AND ITS CURE.
95. 95.CHAP. XX. OF THE DISEASES OF THE WOMB, AND THEIR CURE.
96. 96.CHAP. XXI. OF AN EXCESSIVE DISCHARGE OF SEMEN, AND ITS CURE.
97. 97.CHAP. XXII. OF THE DISEASE OF THE HIPS, AND ITS CURE.
98. 98.CHAP. XXIII. OF A PAIN IN THE KNEES, AND ITS CURE.
99. 99.CHAP. XXIV. OF THE DISEASES IN THE JOINTS OF THE HANDS AND FEET, AND THEIR CURE.
100. 100.CHAP. XXV. OF THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS RECOVERING.
101. 101.BOOK V. — PREFACE.
102. 102.CHAP. I. MEDICINES FOR STOPPING BLOOD.
103. 103.CHAP. II. AGGLUTINANTS AND RESTRINGENTS.
104. 104.CHAP. III. MEDICINES FOR PROMOTING A SUPPURATION.
105. 105.CHAP. IV. MEDICINES FOR OPENING WOUNDS.
106. 106.CHAP. V. CLEANSERS.
107. 107.CHAP. VI. CORRODING MEDICINES.
108. 108.CHAP. VII. EATING MEDICINES.
109. 109.CHAP. VIII. CAUSTICS.
110. 110.CHAP. IX. MEDICINES FOR FORMING CRUSTS UPON ULCERS.
111. 111.CHAP. X. RESOLVENTS FOR CRUSTS.
112. 112.CHAP. XI. DISCUTIENTS.
113. 113.CHAP. XII. EVACUATING AND DRAWING MEDICINES.
114. 114.CHAP. XIII. LENIENTS.
115. 115.CHAP. XIV. INCARNING MEDICINES.
116. 116.CHAP. XV. EMOLLIENTS.
117. 117.CHAP. XVI. CLEANSERS OF THE SKIN.
118. 118.CHAP. XVII. OF THE MIXTURE OF SIMPLES; AND OF THE PROPORTION OF THE WEIGHTS.
119. 119.CHAP. XVIII. OF MALAGMAS.
120. 120.CHAP. XIX. OF PLAISTERS.
121. 121.CHAP. XX. OF TROCHES.
122. 122.CHAP. XXI. OF PESSARIES.
123. 123.CHAP. XXII. MEDICINES USED EITHER IN A DRY FORM, OR MIXED WITH LIQUIDS.
124. 124.CHAP. XXIII. OF ANTIDOTES, AND THEIR USES.
125. 125.CHAP. XXIV. OF ACOPA.
126. 126.CHAP. XXV. OF CATAPOTIA.
127. 127.CHAP. XXVI. OF FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISORDERS INCIDENT TO THE BODY; AND OF THE NATURE, SYMPTOMS, AND CURE OF WOUNDS.
128. 128.CHAP. XXVII. OF WOUNDS CAUSED BY BITES; POISONS TAKEN INTERNALLY; AND BURNS.
129. 129.CHAP. XXVIII. OF EXTERNAL DISORDERS PROCEEDING FROM AN INTERNAL CAUSE, AND THEIR CURE.
130. 130.BOOK VI. — CHAP. I.
131. 131.CHAP. II. OF A PORRIGO.
132. 132.CHAP. III. OF THE SYCOSIS.
133. 133.CHAP. IV. OF AREAE.
134. 134.CHAP. V. OF VARI, LENTICULAE, AND EPHELIDES.
135. 135.CHAP. VI. OF THE DISORDERS OF THE EYES.
136. 136.CHAP. VII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE EARS.
137. 137.CHAP. VIII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE NOSE.
138. 138.CHAP. IX. OF THE TOOTHACH.
139. 139.CHAP. X. OF THE DISEASES OF THE TONSILS.
140. 140.CHAP. XI. OF ULCERS OF THE MOUTH.
141. 141.CHAP. XII. OF ULCERS OF THE TONGUE.
142. 142.CHAP. XIII. OF PARULIDES AND ULCERS IN THE GUMS.
143. 143.CHAP. XIV. OF AN INFLAMMATION OF THE UVULA.
144. 144.CHAP. XV. OF A GANGRENE OF THE MOUTH.
145. 145.CHAP. XVI. OF PAROTID SWELLINGS.
146. 146.CHAP. XVII. OF A PROMINENT NAVEL.
147. 147.CHAP. XVIII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE PRIVATE PARTS.
148. 148.CHAP. XIX. OF ULCERS IN THE FINGERS.
149. 149.BOOK VII. — PREFACE.
150. 150.CHAP. I. OF CONTUSIONS.
151. 151.CHAP. II. OF THE OPERATIONS NECESSARY IN SUPPURATED TUMOURS.
152. 152.CHAP. III. OF THE GOOD OR BAD SYMPTOMS OF SUPPURATIONS.
153. 153.CHAP. IV. OF FISTULAS.
154. 154.CHAP. V. OF EXTRACTING WEAPONS OUT OF THE BODY.
155. 155.CHAP. VI. OF A GANGLION, MELICERIS, ATHEROMA, STEATOMA, AND OTHER TUBERCLES OF THE HEAD.
156. 156.CHAP. VII. OF THE DISEASES OF THE EYES, WHICH ARE CURED BY MANUAL OPERATIONS.
157. 157.CHAP. VIII. OF THE OPERATIONS REQUISITE IN THE EARS.
158. 158.CHAP. IX. THE OPERATION NECESSARY IN A WANT OF SUBSTANCE IN THE EARS, LIPS, AND NOSE.
159. 159.CHAP. X. OF THE EXTIRPATION OF A POLYPUS IN THE NOSE.
160. 160.CHAP. XI. OF THE CHIRURGICAL CURE OF AN OZÆNA.
161. 161.CHAP. XII. OF THE OPERATIONS REQUISITE IN THE MOUTH.
162. 162.CHAP. XIII. OF THE BRONCHOCELE.
163. 163.CHAP. XIV. OF THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AT THE NAVEL.
164. 164.CHAP. XV. THE METHOD OF DISCHARGING THE WATER IN HYDROPICK PEOPLE.
165. 165.CHAP. XVI. OF WOUNDS OF THE BELLY AND INTESTINES.
166. 166.CHAP. XVII. OF A RUPTURE OF THE PERITONAEUM.
167. 167.CHAP. XVIII. A DESCRIPTION OF THE TESTICLES, AND THEIR DISEASES.
168. 168.CHAP. XIX. GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR OPERATIONS IN THE FOREGOING DISEASES ABOUT THE TESTICLES.
169. 169.CHAP. XX. OF THE CURE OF A RUPTURE OF THE INTESTINE INTO THE SCROTUM.
170. 170.CHAP. XXI. OF THE CURE OF A RUPTURE OF THE OMENTUM INTO THE SCROTUM.
171. 171.CHAP. XXII. OF A RAMEX IN THE SCROTUM.
172. 172.CHAP. XXIII. OF A SARCOCELE.
173. 173.CHAP. XXIV. OF A RAMEX IN THE GROIN.
174. 174.CHAP. XXV. THE OPERATIONS REQUISITE IN THE DISORDERS OF THE PENIS.
175. 175.CHAP. XXVI. OF THE OPERATION NECESSARY IN A SUPPRESSION OF URINE, AND LITHOTOMY.
176. 176.CHAP. XXVII. OF A GANGRENE AFTER CUTTING FOR THE STONE.
177. 177.CHAP. XXVIII. OF THE OPERATIONS REQUIRED WHEN A MEMBRANE, OR FLESH OBSTRUCTS THE VAGINA IN WOMEN.
178. 178.CHAP. XXIX. THE METHOD OF EXTRACTING A DEAD FOETUS OUT OF THE WOMB.
179. 179.CHAP. XXX. THE OPERATIONS REQUIRED IN DISEASES OF THE ANUS.
180. 180.CHAP. XXXI. OF VARICES IN THE LEGS.
181. 181.CHAP. XXXII. OPERATIONS REQUIRED IN COHERING AND CROOKED FINGERS.
182. 182.CHAP. XXXIII. OF THE OPERATION REQUIRED IN A GANGRENE.
183. 183.BOOK VIII. — CHAP. I. OF THE SITUATION AND FIGURE OF THE BONES OF THE HUMAN BODY.
184. 184.CHAP. II. GENERAL DIVISION OF DISORDERS IN THE BONES. OF A BLACKNESS AND CARIES, AND THEIR TREATMENT.
185. 185.CHAP. III. OF THE USE OF THE MODIOLUS AND PERFORATOR, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BONES OF THE HEAD.
186. 186.CHAP. IV. OF FRACTURES OF THE SKULL.
187. 187.CHAP. V. OF FRACTURES OF THE NOSE.
188. 188.CHAP. VI. OF FRACTURES OF THE EARS.
189. 189.CHAP. VII. OF A FRACTURED MAXILLA, TOGETHER WITH SOME GENERAL OBSERVATIONS RELATING TO FRACTURES.
190. 190.CHAP. VIII. OF A FRACTURED CLAVICLE.
191. 191.CHAP. IX. OF FRACTURES OF THE RIBS AND SPINE.
192. 192.CHAP. X. OF FRACTURES OF THE HUMERUS, FORE-ARM, THIGH, LEG, FINGERS, AND TOES.
193. 193.CHAP. XI. OF LUXATIONS.
194. 194.CHAP. XII. OF A LUXATED MAXILLA.
195. 195.CHAP. XIII. OF A LUXATION OF THE HEAD.
196. 196.CHAP. XIV. OF A LUXATION IN THE SPINE.
197. 197.CHAP. XV. OF A LUXATION OF THE HUMERUS.
198. 198.CHAP. XVI. OF A LUXATION OF THE CUBITUS.
199. 199.CHAP. XVII. OF A LUXATED HAND.
200. 200.CHAP. XVIII. OF LUXATIONS IN THE PALM.
201. 201.CHAP. XIX. OF LUXATED FINGERS.
202. 202.CHAP. XX. OF A LUXATION OF THE FEMUR.
203. 203.CHAP. XXI. OF A LUXATION OF THE KNEE.
204. 204.CHAP. XXII. OF A LUXATED ANCLE.
205. 205.CHAP. XXIII. OF LUXATIONS IN THE SOLES OF THE FEET.
206. 206.CHAP. XXIV. OF LUXATED TOES.
207. 207.CHAP. XXV. OF LUXATIONS ATTENDED WITH A WOUND.
208. 208.NOTES TO BOOK I.
209. 209.NOTES TO BOOK II.
210. 210.NOTES TO BOOK III.
211. 211.NOTES TO BOOK IV.
212. 212.NOTES TO BOOK V.
213. 213.NOTES TO BOOK VI.
214. 214.NOTES TO BOOK VII.
215. 215.NOTES TO BOOK VIII. — FOOTNOTES:

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