The seven books of Paulus Ægineta (in three volumes, vol. II)

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Author

Paulus, Aegineta, 625?-690?

Title

The seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 2 (of 3) : translated from the Greek: with a commentary embracing a complete view of the knowledge possessed by the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians on all subjects connected with medicine and surgery

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Printed for the Sydenham Society, 1844, pubdate 1846, pubdate 1847.

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Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

R: Medicine

Subject

Medicine, Arab

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70532

Release Date

April 13, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
3. 3.PAULUS ÆGINETA. — BOOK FOURTH. — SECT. I.—ON ELEPHANTIASIS. — SECT. II.—ON LEPROSY AND PSORA. — SECT. III.—ON LICHEN. — SECT. IV.—ON PRURITUS, OR PRURIGO. — SECT. V.—ON LEUCE. — SECT. VI.—ON WHITE AND BLACK ALPHI. — SECT. VII.—ON STIGMATA, FROM THE WORKS OF ARCHIGENES. — SECT. VIII.—ON EXANTHEMATA. — SECT. IX.—ON EPINYCTIDES. — SECT. X.—ON PHLYCTÆNÆ OR BULLÆ. — SECT. XI.—ON BURNS. — SECT. XII.—FOR THOSE BEATEN WITH SCOURGES. — SECT. XIII.—TO MAKE HAIRS GROW ON A PART THAT HAS BEEN BURNT. — SECT. XIV.—FOR EXCORIATIONS. — SECT. XV.—FOR MYRMECIA AND ACROCHORDON. — SECT. XVI.—ON GANGLION. — SECT. XVII.—ON PHLEGMON. — SECT. XVIII.—ON EXTERNAL ABSCESSES. — SECT. XIX.—ON GANGRENE AND SPHACELUS. — SECT. XX.—ON HERPES. — SECT. XXI.—FOR ERYSIPELAS. — SECT. XXII.—ON PHYMA, BUBO, AND PHYGETHLON. — SECT. XXIII.—ON FURUNCULUS. — SECT. XXIV.—ON TERMINTHUS. — SECT. XXV.—ON CARBUNCLE OR ANTHRAX. — SECT. XXVI.—ON CANCERS. — SECT. XXVII.—ON ŒDEMA. — SECT. XXVIII.—ON EMPHYSEMA. — SECT. XXIX.—FOR SPRAINS AND CONTUSIONS. — SECT. XXX.—ON CONTUSIONS OF THE FLESH AND ECCHYMOSIS. — SECT. XXXI.—ON RUPTURE AND TEARING OF THE FLESH. — SECT. XXXII.—ON SCIRRHUS. — SECT. XXXIII.—ON STRUMA OR SCROFULA. — SECT. XXXIV.—ON STEATOMA, ATHEROMA, AND MELICERIS. — SECT. XXXV.—OF FAVI. — SECT. XXXVI.—ON THE SIMPLE ULCER. — SECT. XXXVII.—ON AGGLUTINANTS. — SECT. XXXVIII.—ON PAINFUL AND INFLAMMATORY SORES. — SECT. XXXIX.—ON UNCONCOCTED ULCERS, AND SUCH AS HAVE NOT SUPPURATED. — SECT. XL.—ON HOLLOW ULCERS. — SECT. XLI.—MEDICINES FOR CLEANSING FOUL ULCERS. — SECT. XLII.—FOR WORMS IN ULCERS. — SECT. XLIII.—ON FUNGOUS ULCERS. — SECT. XLIV.—ON SPREADING ULCERS, PUTRID ULCERS, AND PHAGEDÆNA. — SECT. XLV.—ON ULCERS REQUIRING CICATRIZATION. — SECT. XLVI.—ON THE MALIGNANT ULCERS CALLED CHIRONIAN AND TELEPHIAN. — SECT. XLVII.—FOR BLACK CICATRICES. — SECT. XLVIII.—ON SINUOUS ULCERS. — SECT. XLIX.—ON FISTULA. — SECT. L.—FOR SORES WHICH BREAK OUT AGAIN. — SECT. LI.—ON ULCERS IN THE JOINTS. — SECT. LII.—THOSE THINGS WHICH EXTRACT SHAFTS, JAVELINS, THORNS, AND THE LIKE. — SECT. LIII.—ON HEMORRHAGE FROM VEINS AND ARTERIES. — SECT. LIV.—ON WOUNDS OF THE NERVES. — SECT. LV.—ON ANCYLOSIS. — SECT. LVI.—ON RELAXATION OF THE JOINTS. — SECT. LVII.—ON WORMS. — SECT. LVIII.—ON ASCARIDES. — SECT. LIX.—ON DRACUNCULUS, OR THE GUINEA-WORM.
4. 4.BOOK V. — SECT. I.—ON THE PRESERVATIVES FROM VENOMOUS ANIMALS IN GENERAL. — SECT. II.—THE GENERAL TREATMENT OF ALL PERSONS BITTEN OR STUNG BY ANY VENOMOUS ANIMAL. — SECT. III.—ON PERSONS BITTEN BY MAD DOGS, AND ON HYDROPHOBIA. — SECT. IV.—FOR THE BITES OF DOGS THAT ARE NOT MAD. — SECT. V.—ON WASPS AND BEES. — SECT. VI.—ON THE PHALANGIA, OR VENOMOUS SPIDERS. — SECT. VII.—ON THE BITE OF THE SPIDER. — SECT. VIII.—ON THE STING OF THE SCORPION. — SECT. IX.—ON THE LAND AND SEA SCOLOPENDRA. — SECT. X.—ON THE STELLIO OR SPOTTED LIZARD. — SECT. XI.—ON THE MUS ARANEUS OR SHREW-MOUSE. — SECT. XII.—ON VIPERS AND ECHIDNÆ. — SECT. XIII.—ON THE AMPHISBÆNA AND SCYTALA. — SECT. XIV.—ON THE DRYINUS. THE INTRODUCTION FROM GALEN. — SECT. XV.—ON THE HÆMORRHUS, PRESTER, OR DIPSAS. — SECT. XVI.—ON THE HYDRUS, OR WATER SERPENT. — SECT. XVII.—ON THE CENCHRINUS. — SECT. XVIII.—ON THE CERASTES AND ASP. — SECT. XIX.—ON THE BASILISK. — SECT. XX.—ON THE SEA PASTINACA AND MURÆNA. — SECT. XXI.—ON THE SEA-DRAGON. — SECT. XXII.—ON THE SEA-SCORPION. — SECT. XXIII.—THE PREPARATION OF THE BLOOD OF THE SEA-TORTOISE. — SECT. XXIV.—ON PERSONS BITTEN BY CROCODILES. — SECT. XXV.—ON PERSONS BITTEN BY A MAN. — SECT. XXVI.—ON POISONS. — SECT. XXVII.—ON THE PRESERVATIVES FROM POISONS. — SECT. XXVIII.—THE GENERAL TREATMENT OF THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN ANY SORT OF DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCE. — SECT. XXIX.—A CATALOGUE OF SIMPLE DELETERIOUS SUBSTANCES. — SECT. XXX.—ON CANTHARIDES. — SECT. XXXI.—ON THE BUPRESTIS. — SECT. XXXII.—ON THE SALAMANDER. — SECT. XXXIII.—ON THE PITYOCAMPA, OR PINE-CATERPILLAR. — SECT. XXXIV.—ON THE SEA-HARE. — SECT. XXXV.—ON THE RED TOAD OR MARSH FROG. — SECT. XXXVI.—ON LEECHES. — SECT. XXXVII.—ON THE CHAMÆLEON. — SECT. XXXVIII.—ON HENBANE. — SECT. XXXIX.—ON CORIANDER. — SECT. XL.—ON PSYLLIUM OR FLEAWORT. — SECT. XLI.—ON CONIUM OR HEMLOCK. — SECT. XLII.—ON THE JUICE OF THE POPPY. — SECT. XLIII—ON THE JUICE OF THE CARPESIA. — SECT. XLIV.—ON MANDRAGORA OR MANDRAKE. — SECT. XLV.—ON ACONITUM OR WOLFSBANE. — SECT. XLVI.—ON IXIA. — SECT. XLVII.—ON EPHEMERON, OR MEADOW SAFFRON. — SECT. XLVIII.—ON THE SMILAX OR YEW. — SECT. XLIX.—ON THE STRYCHNOS FURIOSA, CALLED DORYCNIUM, BY SOME. — SECT. L.—ON THE SARDONIAN HERB. — SECT. LI.—ON THE HORNED POPPY. — SECT. LII.—ON PHARICUM. — SECT. LIII.—ON TOXICUM. — SECT. LIV.—ON MUSHROOMS. — SECT. LV.—ON BULLS’ BLOOD. — SECT. LVI.—ON COAGULATED MILK. — SECT. LVII.—ON HERACLEAN HONEY. — SECT. LVIII.—ON GYPSUM. — SECT. LIX.—ON CERUSE. — SECT. LX.—ON LIME, SANDARACH, AND ARSENIC. — SECT. LXI.—ON LITHARGE. — SECT. LXII.—ON LEAD. — SECT. LXIII.—ON MERCURY. — SECT. LXIV.—ON WHITE HELLEBORE, THAPSIA, ELATERIUM, BLACK AGARIC, WILD RUE, GITH, AND THE DOWN OF THE CACTOS. — SECT. LXV.—ON DOMESTIC ARTICLES, SUCH AS WINE AND COLD WATER. — APPENDIX TO BOOK V. — ON FEIGNED DISEASES, AND THE DETECTION OF THEM. — ON PROFESSIONAL IMPOSTORS.
5. 5.BOOK VI. — SECT. I.—PREFACE TO THE SURGICAL PART. — SECT. II.—ON BURNING OF THE HEAD FOR OPHTHALMIA, DYSPNŒA, AND ELEPHANTIASIS. — SECT. III.—ON HYDROCEPHALUS. — SECT. IV.—ON ARTERIOTOMY. — SECT. V.—ON ANGIOLOGY, OR SECTION OF THE TEMPORAL VESSELS, AND ON BURNING THE SAME. — SECT. VI.—ON HYPOSPATHISMUS. — SECT. VII.—ON PERISCYPHISMUS. — SECT. VIII.—ON SUTURE OF THE UPPER EYELID, AND OTHER MODES OF OPERATING FOR TRICHIASIS. — SECT. IX.—ON BURNING OF THE EYELIDS BY MEDICINES. — SECT. X.—ON LAGOPHTHALMOS OR HARE-EYE. — SECT. XI.—ON THE SUTURE OF THE UNDER EYELID, AND THE BURNING OF IT BY MEDICINES. — SECT. XII.—ON ECTROPION, OR EVERSION OF THE LOWER EYELID. — SECT. XIII.—ON ANABROCHISMUS AND BURNING WITH IRON. — SECT. XIV.—ON HYDATIDS. — SECT. XV.—ON ADHESION OF THE EYELIDS. — SECT. XVI.—CHALAZIA OR TUMOURS RESEMBLING HAIL-STONES. — SECT. XVII.—ON ACROCHORDON AND ENCANTHIS. — SECT. XVIII.—ON PTERYGIA. — SECT. XIX.—ON STAPHYLOMA. — SECT. XX.—ON HYPOPYON OF THE EYE. — SECT. XXI.—ON CATARACTS. — SECT. XXII.—ON ÆGILOPS, OR FISTULA LACHRYMALIS. — SECT. XXIII.—ON IMPERFORATE MEATUS AUDITORIUS. — SECT. XXIV.—ON SUBSTANCES THAT HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MEATUS AUDITORIUS. — SECT. XXV.—ON POLYPUS. — SECT. XXVI.—ON MAIMED PARTS. — SECT. XXVII.—ON EPULIS AND PARULIS. — SECT. XXVIII.—ON THE EXTRACTION OF TEETH. — SECT. XXIX.—ON CONSTRICTION OF THE TONGUE, OR TONGUE-TIED PERSONS. — SECT. XXX.—ON ANTIADES, OR INDURATED TONSILS. — SECT. XXXI.—ON THE UVA. — SECT. XXXII.—ON THORNY SUBSTANCES FIXED IN THE PHARYNX. — SECT. XXXIII.—ON LARYNGOTOMY. — SECT. XXXIV.—ON ABSCESS. — SECT. XXXV.—ON STRUMÆ, OR SCROFULOUS GLANDS. — SECT. XXXVI.—ON STEATOMA, ATHEROMA, AND MELICERIS. — SECT. XXXVII.—ON ANEURISM. — SECT. XXXVIII.—ON BRONCHOCELE. — SECT. XXXIX.—ON GANGLION. — SECT. XL.—ON VENESECTION. — SECT. XLI.—ON CUPPING. — SECT. XLII.—ON BURNING THE ARMPIT. — SECT. XLIII.—ON PRETERNATURAL FINGERS, AND ON PERSONS HAVING SIX FINGERS. — SECT. XLIV.—ON THE OPERATION OF BURNING FOR EMPYEMA. — SECT. XLV.—ON CANCER. — SECT. XLVI.—ON MALE BREASTS RESEMBLING THE FEMALE. — SECT. XLVII.—ON BURNING OVER THE LIVER. — SECT. XLVIII.—ON BURNING OVER THE SPLEEN. — SECT. XLIX.—ON BURNING OVER THE STOMACH. — SECT. L.—ON DROPSIES. — SECT. LI.—ON EXOMPHALOS, OR PROLAPSUS OF THE NAVEL. — SECT. LII.—ON WOUNDS OF THE PERITONEUM, AND ON FALLING DOWN OF THE INTESTINE OR OMENTUM, WHERE GASTRORAPHÉ ALSO IS DESCRIBED: FROM THE WORKS OF GALEN. — SECT. LIII.—ON DEFICIENCY OF THE PREPUCE. — SECT. LIV.—ON HYPOSPADIÆUM, OR IMPERFORATE GLANS PENIS. — SECT. LV.—ON PHIMUS, OR PHIMOSIS. — SECT. LVI.—ON ADHESION OF THE PREPUCE TO THE GLANS. — SECT. LVII.—ON CIRCUMCISION. — SECT. LVIII.—OF THYMI ON THE PENIS. — SECT. LIX.—ON CATHETERISM, AND INJECTION OF THE BLADDER. — SECT. LX.—ON CALCULUS. — SECT. LXI.—ON THE PARTS ABOUT THE TESTICLES. — SECT. LXII.—ON HYDROCELE. — SECT. LXIII.—ON SARCOCELE AND TOPHI OF THE TESTICLES. — SECT. LXIV.—ON CIRSOCELE AND PNEUMATOCELE. — SECT. LXV.—ON ENTEROCELE, OR INTESTINAL HERNIA. — SECT. LXVI.—ON BUBONOCELE, OR INGUINAL HERNIA. — SECT. LXVII.—ON RHACOSIS, OR RELAXATION OF THE SCROTUM. — SECT. LXVIII.—ON CASTRATION. — SECT. LXIX.—ON HERMAPHRODITES. — SECT. LXX.—ON EXTIRPATION OF THE NYMPHA AND CAUDA PUDENDI. — SECT. LXXI.—ON THYMI, CONDYLOMATA, AND HEMORRHOIDS ABOUT THE FEMALE PARTS OF GENERATION. — SECT. LXXII.—ON IMPERFORATE PUDENDUM AND PHIMUS. — SECT. LXXIII.—ON ABSCESS OF THE WOMB. — SECT. LXXIV.—ON EMBRYULCIA AND EMBRYOTOMY. — SECT. LXXV.—ON RETENTION OF THE SECUNDINES. — SECT. LXXVI.—ON BURNING THE HIPS. — SECT. LXXVII.—ON FISTULÆ AND FAVI. — SECT. LXXVIII.—ON FISTULÆ IN ANO. — SECT. LXXIX.—ON HEMORRHOIDS OR PILES. — SECT. LXXX.—ON CONDYLOMATA OR EXCRESCENCES, AND FISSURES. — SECT. LXXXI.—ON IMPERFORATE ANUS. — SECT. LXXXII.—ON THE EXCISION OF VARICES. — SECT. LXXXIII.—ON THE DRACUNCULI OR GUINEA-WORMS. — SECT. LXXXIV.—ON AMPUTATION OF THE EXTREMITIES. — SECT. LXXXV.—ON PTERYGIA ABOUT THE NAILS. — SECT. LXXXVI.—ON A BRUISED NAIL. — SECT. LXXXVII.—ON CLAVI, MYRMECIA, AND ACROCHORDONES. — SECT. LXXXVIII.—ON THE EXTRACTION OF WEAPONS. — SECT. LXXXIX.—ON FRACTURES AND THEIR DIFFERENCES. — SECT. XC.—ON FRACTURES OF THE BONES OF THE HEAD. — SECT. XCI.—ON FRACTURE AND CONTUSION OF THE NOSE. — SECT. XCII.—ON FRACTURE OF THE LOWER JAW, AND CONTUSION OF THE EAR. — SECT. XCIII.—ON FRACTURE OF THE CLAVICLE. — SECT. XCXIV.—ON THE SCAPULA. — SECT. XCV.—ON THE BREAST-BONE. — SECT. XCVI.—ON THE RIBS. — SECT. XCVII.—ON THE BONES OF THE HIPS AND PUBES. — SECT. XCVIII.—ON THE VERTEBRÆ, SPINE OF THE BACK, AND OS SACRUM. — SECT. XCIX.—ON THE ARM. — SECT. C.—ON THE ULNA AND RADIUS. — SECT. CI.—ON THE HAND AND ITS FINGERS. — SECT. CII.—ON THE THIGH. — SECT. CIII.—ON THE PATELLA. — SECT. CIV.—ON THE LEG. — SECT. CV.—ON THE FOOT. — SECT. CVI.—ON THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE LIMB. — SECT. CVII.—ON FRACTURES COMPLICATED WITH A WOUND. — SECT. CVIII.—ON THE REDUNDANT CALLUS OF FRACTURES. — SECT. CIX.—ON DISTORTION FROM THE UNION BY CALLUS. — SECT. CX.—ON BONES WHICH HAVE NOT UNITED BY CALLUS. — SECT. CXI.—ON LUXATIONS. — SECT. CXII.—ON THE LOWER JAW. — SECT. CXIII.—ON THE CLAVICLE AND ACROMION. — SECT. CXIV.—ON DISLOCATION OF THE SHOULDER. — SECT. CXV.—ON THE ELBOW. — SECT. CXVI.—ON DISLOCATIONS AT THE WRIST AND FINGERS. — SECT. CXVII.—ON THE VERTEBRÆ OF THE SPINE. — SECT. CXVIII.—ON DISLOCATION AT THE HIP-JOINT. — SECT. CXIX.—ON DISLOCATION AT THE KNEE. — SECT. CXX.—ON DISLOCATION AT THE ANKLE, AND ALSO OF THE TOES. — SECT. CXXI.—ON DISLOCATIONS WITH A WOUND. — SECT. CXXII.—ON DISLOCATION COMPLICATED WITH FRACTURE.

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