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

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The Michigan Medical Codex 135 also Gal. XIII 557, "the Barbaros plaster of Heras": ... rpoc c'pUPyyOcC, o6X TLOUC, 1uOLTYvOLTOL, ... nOLV }a'L TLn V?UQPV tcL xov&pWv 6ua 1{o0416VCV ROxL 6cTd5v, "for abscesses, fistulous ulcers, and fractures, ... it is effective also for ruptures of tendons, cartilage, and bones. 44) 12. xo6X]rouc: fistulous ulcers which spread under the skin. Cf. Gal. XI 125 for a definition. The word is found again in our codex in B,6 and B verso, 4. RacT[6yjlLTa: For this word following xoXmouc see note to lines 11-12, above. For its occurrence in papyri see Marganne, Inventaire Analytique, p.214. It may occur again in our codex in H verso, 5. P.Mich. Inv. 21 B 7 x 8.7 cm. ].iE:VCOV . [ Taf.VII a [.X. XEL 6]? 6 CCcLvLTTc [oU'-coc ] TT.0 L6' ua]L np'oc I [a]L x[oaxo',DTi 4 [ni&vTOa. ?C]TLV 6? tcLi 9v5[oEov] [bT.LTLx516 ] VOV. TXOLL 6? uXa4 [Tpoc] [R6XT]ouc &o XLDoTo0'cLC [TICC 8LQ-] [-11>]156?VTOC uCax bl'L LE:Y [a'WV ] 8 [?]TCrXL6LP6?CpcExCOV ?U N[ y4Wv] [r&CCccnc (ouy.) a InpOU 6[cUrLOU] [&Lvb] a (o0y.) y Crl roc *UW[CLou ua,] [TLU]ptoU ' &va (ov'y.) TE[uXLvnc] 12 [(ovy.) e o0]OCV 6' n sAXHr [rLXiovL XPOS] [pap4&u]c XoTIIoV EpOc 6roi0-] 3,5. 1TOLSV 8. ?rL6LaLpECExV 9. OCUcrTOU 10. ECLOU 11. TaUpELOU 12. TEXECOVL Translation Azanites has the following: It works for all malignant sores; it is a highly esteemed application. It is effective against fistulous ulcers re sulting from the surgical incision made in a lithotomy, and against those ulcers resulting from multiple incisions of great length in operations for fractures. 1 oz. of pitch, 3 oz. each of wax and oesypum (grease of sheep's wool), 6 oz. each of pig-fat and bull-fat, 5 oz. of pine-resin. When it is for ulcers, use more of the medication; when it is for cicatrizing, less. 2.
136 L.C.Youtie E verso, 11; et al. 2-4. The supplements are illustrative, but the traces of ink fit the rest ored letters. Galen, XIII 784-5, has h ToO 'AIV LVLTOU TEOXUXPTlCTOC ?CTL ua' 9V6OEOC. rTpL cwLT-C 6E yQ&(PEL 6 'Hp&c OVTCwc' i TOV ACOV6LTOU, lTX. "The plaster of Azanites has many uses and is highly esteemed. Concerning it Heras writes thus: 'The plaster of Azanites, etc.'" Aetius XV, p. 123, has f TOO 'AvavLou ACovLou) ('ACavCLoU, rTOX6xplcTOC TE XoL Paulus 9v6oEoc. VII 19.6 has only To TO) 'AcLV'ITOU (SC. (ppvtcxxov),or duorlov from the heading of Chap. 19, "a relieving application"); and Oribasius, Frag. 90, f TOO ACovVLTOU (sc. 9LThXcLcTpoc). 3ff. Both Galen (785) and Aetius (p. 123) have the following, with unim portant variations: TLOL: TtpOC TO XO.XOfl1fln TLC.VTOL, yCLyypC.LVC.c, cupLyycLC, cpcslTo (P141O.TO., TpO.U1LTC., rLQLOUTOL, TEEPL ylouc, rLO.Rxi)TL60C, ... 6XXLCTCL 6E 1TOL? L ... xOLL Tpoc TOl ?V 6CTEpq C@ p (P' 3V T TXnYT TEPQ Tl vTOpcV ? , VLOV ECTL at 'rtiL xcuxon9ov. "The medication is effective in all cases of malignant sores, gangrene, abscesses, fresh wounds, ulcers caused by fire or by frost, ... and for ulcers in the womb, tumors in general, and parotid tumors, ... It works especially wellin cases where there is a wound46) of the tendons or a muscle, and it is good in cases of malignant ulcers." 5. [T.LTL,E]e1ivOV: Galen has (785, 9-10) rLOLLC )O.'L ... .6LTL,E1eVlVn (SC. 94nvLrcTpoc). With the neuter, sc. XPVLO.XOV or dionov (cf. Paulus, in note 2-4, above). 6-8. The uses which are described in these lines, i.e. for fistulous ulcers resulting from a lithotomy or those from the lengthy, multiple incisions neces sary in fracture-operations, are not specifically mentioned by either Galen or Aetius in connection with the plaster of Azanites. (Cf. note to lines 3ff., above.) Oribasius, however, especially recommends the applications called "the tetrapharmacon, that of Azanites, and the Macedonicon," for treating the wounds left after the excision of corruption, and for inflamations complicated by spreading ulcers (III 561, 563).47) 6. [x0XTr]ouc: for xO6Xoc as a fistulous ulcer which spreads under the skin, see LSJ, s.v. III 6. The ailment is found many times in Galen and an agglutin ant plaster is the treatment prescribed. Cf. e.g. that called f 'IcLc of Epigones (XIII 774), another noXuxpncTov pop4JLxov, which cites many of the same uses as those listed in the note to lines 3ff., above. Cf. also Orib. III 591; Aet. XV, p.113, 13-17; Paul. VII 17.44. xomnouc is found again in our codex in A verso, 12 and B verso, 4. 45) 'ACxvCTou, two MSS; 'ACavtou, two other MSS. 46) In view of the context, TnYXny must here indicate a "wound", as in modern Greek, rather than a "blow or "strike", although the wound may well have.been caused by a blow or strike. See also LSJ, s.v. oAXfi, for "scars" from nXny65v as well as TpWauLaTCV. 47) The three recipes referred to are found in Orib. Frag.No.90 (IV 608). iL rEpo
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