40
If the tongue suddenly lose its powers, or a part of the body become apoplectic, the affection is of a melancholic nature.
41
In hypercatharsis, of old persons, hiccup supervening is not a good symptom.
42
In a fever, is not of a bilious nature, a copious allusion of hot water upon the head removes the fever.
43
A woman does not become ambidexterous.
44
When empyema is treated either by the cautery or incision, if pure and white pus flow from the wound, the patients recover; but if mixed with blood, slimy and fetid, they die.
45
When abscess of the liver is treated by the cautery or incision, if the pus which is discharged be pure and white, the patients recover, (for in this case it is situated in the coats of the liver;) but if it resemble the lees of oil as it flows, they die.
46
Pains of the eyes are removed by drinking undiluted wine, plenteous bathing with hot water, and venesection.
47
If a dropsical patient be seized with hiccup the case is hopeless.
48
Strangury and dysuria are cured by drinking pure wine, and venesection; open the vein on the inside.
49
It is a good sign when swelling and redness on the breast seize a person very ill of quinsy, for in this case the disease is diverted outwardly.
50
When the brain is attacked with sphacelus, the patients die in three days; or if they escape these, they recover.
51
Sneezing arises from the head, owing to the brain being heated, or the cavity (ventricle) in the head being filled with humors; the air confined in it then is discharged, and makes a noise, because it comes through a narrow passage.
52
Fever supervening on painful affections of the liver removes the pain.
53
Those persons to whom it is beneficial to have blood taken from their veins, should have it done in spring.
54
In those cases where phlegm is collected between the diaphragm and the stomach, and occasions pain, as not finding a passage into either of the cavities, the disease will be carried off if the phlegm be diverted to the bladder by the veins.
