The Michigan Medical Codex: P. Mich. Inv. 21 - Corso di Papirologia

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The Michigan Medical Codex 133 container, use as previously directed." In XIV 409, 1-2, one of the common home remedies for untoward eye conditions is the following: dXXo (e TOU TnYLVOU TEpoc(pCLoU XUXO,V 6RUL6?CCC T'LETL ?V Tfi nUEiL5L TOO XCXof5 6pbapou HcLx xp6S. "Another remedy: express the juice from fresh-picked rue and store it in a recepticle of red copper." The writer of the codex placed a large dot after nuEE'C6f to mark the end of the recipe. In addition he placed a broken line beneath line 4, which he extruded into the margin. Then, after leaving a blank space of one line, he indented the two following lines by 4 letter-spaces to mark them off as a general title for the next section. 5. 94VLoaTO papcaxa: medications treated with tents or tampons for dressing wounds. Cf. Gal. XI 125 ,15 E;V.L 5E6 XPfl TOa TTlRO"V46VO (POP1laRa 8PLPLUTepa TCOV 4LT01OV 6voaCo4o?vw)v, "it is necessary for dissolved and very pungent drugs to be upon so-called pledgets." Paul. IV 40.3 5unopw'TEpoV &6 noccc TO.l Te xe(PacXLI{o. TLpocO.yopeuolLevO. ,npio., fvLL 86a opdpWcL fa Ti Tpo(poc (CTL RC.XOUl?EVfl xCL f 'IcLc XCL h 'ATIvA, "when the ulcers are more foul the powders called cephalic are to be applied and the medications upon pledgets, the so-called Trophos, the Isis, and the Athena." 6. duct = dun. For the comparatively rare interchange of n and a , cf. Mayser Schmoll, I i, 54. poc 'Xxrn: for wounds, ulcers, or sores. Cf. Hipp. rcsp'L ~X(Zv (ed. Littre, vol. VI 400-432). In the thirteen fragments of our codex, nine of the texts mention ?Xxq. Cf. note to A, 5ff. 7, margin. On the edge of the papyrus opposite this line is a very black curved stroke, not an antisigma, in the second hand. It was undoubtedly in tended to draw attention to the first recipe in the new section. For marginal symbols in this codex see H, 8-10 and M, 5-10. 7. v44OTOV 5ypov: SC. (cLPVCLXOV. "A moist medication upon pledgets" is the beginning of the title of the next recipe which continues beyond the broken 41) off bottom of the text. For an 91ioToc C,-C xoXX"LcTTl1 6yp&, sc. 9nLXcTpoc, cf. Dsc. Eupor. I 173. Cf. also D, 10 of our codex, &pDT' 944oToc, sc. 94rXClcTpoc, "a refined tented plaster." npoc voBac xTX.: There are many recipes in the works of the medical writers for plasters which are suitable for a number of various types of ulcers and ulcerous conditions. Cf. Gal. XIII 766,15 ToLvStLO., *Hpa. . .. TLpoc nrccxv vov4v uCO L XO.OCTaELO.V, "the panacea of Heras against every kind of spreading and malignant ulcer;" 836,17 rLpoc vvoiC.oc, cUpLyyCLc, rETEpUyLO, ... wPTETO.cC, EpucL TtSXOLTO. }x(OL aAAa, "for spreading ulcers, abscesses, fleshy excrescences, herpes, erysipelas, and other conditions;" Aet. XV, p. 110.23 VLOXLCTOL aTLL TC_V XPOVLW LT&TV XOCL 8uc6nouX6rrwv 1xoL crTTE6ovO)6&v xOLL vow6wv, tuXx65v, "especially for the oldest, hard to cicatrize, septic, and spreading ulcers." Cf. also Paul. IV 43.3; 44.1-5. 41) Cf. A, note to lines 2-4, ad fin., for the suggestion that A verso preceded A in the codex.
134 L.C.Youtie 8-9. Herpes, often called shingles, is characterized by painful inflamed clusters of small pustules and is frequently found in conjunction with dvDpO. xEc and (pucrLnEXcc. The former are carbuncles or malignant pustules, caused by inflamed subcutaneous tissues, often occurring on the neck. The latter, erysipelas, is an acute, painful inflammation of the skin and mucuous memb ranes; on this disease see Celsus, Loeb ed., vol. III, p. 590. For dv5pcxisc see Gal. XIII 854ff. For all three conditions, cf. a cerate-recipe in Gal. XI 439,11: axoL COL TOOTO nlpOC CPUC LTEXOLTOL aLcL PXEylLovOc 9PTflCTOC TE XtL dv,5po iCLc dyCLoOv 9CTOLL sp&6P4jov. Cf. also VII 719; XIII 533, 694, 835-7; Dsc. Eupor. I 160, 161; Orib. Syn. VII 12, 32, 33; Paul. IV 20, 21, 25. For papyri cf. PSI X 1180, 56-57, TlpOc 6PUCLnLEX(aTa 4) 6-D' 56cLTOC, rEp6C (PTLJCTLCLI 41T oCvou ACyUTLTLoU. 9-10. VE(pWxV 6[L ] aon6c: ruptures of tendons. Cf. Gal. XIII 645, 15 xuLppa fi TOO 'AXLECoc' TLOLEX lapoc TO. VvaL40L T63V TPCLcX0'TCOV 3CLL VEUP)V 6LOL{oTLcLC' TtOLEL 56 uCL'L TEPOC Tla rTcLXcLL. uCLaL 6UcETrO'UXCOTOL XCLL p?UWXTLXL TCOV ?Xwzv, "the yellow plaster of Halieus: it works for the bloodclots of wounds and ruptures of tendons; it is effective against old, hard to cicatrize, and discharging ulcers;"43) XIII 778, 11 tEp& f iE TO) ?V MWPELs HHpOaLCTEOU rEOLEU ?TLL TLpOC(pacTUV LVCLCLCOV,j EUVaLCLRTXV, rpOC VEUpCV 6LXLRoTLOc, TLaXcLLa . n, . cTrte6ovac, dvapcaO.c, "the sacred plaster from the Hephaesteion in Memphis: it is good for fresh bleeding, discharges, for ruptured tendons, long standing ulcers, septic ulcers, carbuncles." 10-11. puncap& gXx[dn: foul or filthy wounds or ulcers. Cf. Gal. XII 682-3, TLOL?L 6}(cL mC6c voCi?c XOC cCTLCn86vcLc L (rCnLnacco11sv1n xacL mpoc Ta, bUT=p 'a EXrn, Ev 4OTC- 1?Ta J I?vXLTIOC. "The remedy is effective against spreading and septic ulcers when sprinkled on, and against foul ulcers when applied on a lint pledget with honey." Aet. XV, p. 39.9 a'UTfI xoXXov TpablWaTa V4sy&X.a 5UVCLTCLL xa}L TOp IunCap& SXIx{n d4VaRa0aXLPELV 1{C.L TOL TLOXUTEPCO TC5V LXxG5V LdciDaL 1.L rlpOCcTs XXeLV xoXTLOUc uCLa OAX)c 6La(pOpSLV xa{ 6MOXpOUv6c&aL 6UVCLTCLL. "This 'remedy is able to agglutinize large wounds, to thoroughly clean filthy ulcers, to heal massive ulcerations, and to draw in, disperse, and wholly drive out fistulous ulcers." Cf. also Paul. III 79,6 TEpOc TOl v TC1) TTEXaLTL pu-Ec.paQ EXxn g14OITOV; IV 41 ?Lvo.xcLaapuL1ua 1UTLO.pV ?Uwzv; VII 17.40 f 'Ai a npoc gXw punapa xTX. 11-12. 6c]TEoL X6V6pOu nrAXL[68v: "bones bare of cartilage" are "exposed bones", due to wounds or other physical damage. Cf. Aet. XV, p. 41,5, "the highly esteemed and very useful plaster of Machaerion": noLs?C ){OL TEpOc vovtAc ... . TEL TI TE V ?iL X&16SV)V OCT6oV c&p'cxc aOEouco, "it is good for spreading ulcers, ... and for bones laid bare, by encouraging growth of flesh." Cf. 42) Ed.pr. (puctreX(c). In the medical writers the word is usually found in the plural. 43) Aet. XV, p.48, has the same recipe of Halieus.
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