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

140 L. C. Youtie
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Tranlation
It is a treatment for wounds, wounds that are scarred over, ulcers which
are hard to cicatrize, long-standing ulcers, and discharging ulcers; it also
heals fistulous ulcers.
A plaster which promotes cicatrization. It is effective against foul
ulcers, discharging and chronic ulcers and wounds that are scarred over. 12
drachms of calamine, 8 drachms of burnt river crabs, 5 drachms of white lead,
16 drachms of wax, 6 kotylai of myrtle oil. Add the melted ingredients to the
powdered ingredients. It is also good for ulcers caused by burns.
1-4. For these affections, which conclude a preceding recipe, cf. Gal. XIII
527 dXX-n fILcPCX6Loc XEyoUE,vn rLp6c Toc TLpoELpn1i?VoLc 68LOL&CELc uCLL xo6Xouc TtO.QpO
HoXX4 XcL cUpLyyYOc EXTUXOL. 1tOLEX TtpOC Tla, pEUl1LcTLXC'L T(JV ?XXdv Hx'L rEpOc Tl
XP6VLc c6uca:rLovXwTa. "Another cicatrizing plaster, that called the Pam
philion, for the afore-mentioned conditions, and it unites the edges of
fistulous ulcers and removes calloused abscesses. It is effective also against
the discharges of ulcers, against old ulcers, and against those that are
hard to cicatrize." Cf. also XIII 645, 735ff., 778; Aet. XV, p.48,20ff. For
a plaster on papyrus [up6c TCx TL]CLXCLL OLcL 6ucCXC[TobXoTcLj] see P.Aberd. 10,9.55)
2, interl. The second hand added [xciL T'ac] o6Xac above the line, which in
dicates that the physician-owner collated his codex against an exemplar and
repaired omissions. See Introduction, ad fin. For other omissions in the text
see lines 6 and 12. o6Xat are cicatrices of wounds which have become scarred
over and which are sometimes painful. Cf. Gal. XIII 346,9 ToLEV XCL TpOc Tac
aaXXCCc (pX6yVov&c, Ra,5a'LPE:L ){L TC.C o0X&c Ttovnfpac,t "it is effective against
other inflammations, and it cleanses cicatrices which are painful." Dsc.
Eupor, I 108 ovX&c 65 iCXacv.ac caCPEL 6nLXPLO1LVOa, "ointments which raise
(remove) black cicatrices;" I 109 TLc 86 tx XE?LXfV(V oUX&c 1CL Tac dAXCoc 68
61oxpoouc noLflCC. 6VELOV CTSeO.p xCLTaXPL61LEvov, "an ointment cont
aining donkey fat is able to make scars from lichen-like skin erruptions of
a uniform color."
4. Beneath this line are remnants of a broken line followed by a blank
space of one line to mark the end of the recipe.
p. 33.
55) ]..OLLO ROLL &ucxo[ ed.pr. See plate I in the edition, and cf. Marganne,