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

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The Michigan Medical Codex 143 Dsc. Eupor. I 171,3; 196; 212; II 122,5; Gal. XIII 436,4; Orib. Syn. VII 46; Paul. III 79,3. 10. [tLL8rL]oU = QJLuiwLou: Also possible is [Xt6&v]ou (cf. note to line 8, above) or [XIDO'v]oU (cf. footnote 60); XL&LpyUpou is too long and Xo.XxoO is too short. The spelling WLVLLMLOU is found in A, 10 and is the normal papyrus spelling (cf. note ad loc.). For this metal see Dsc. V 88; Gal. XII 243. As mentioned above, it is found as an ingredient in 18 of the 30 6nOUXiTLXO.L' of Galen. 11. [viupc[]vou: also possible is [poSC]vou, if spelled 4[poeC']vou. For iwpcCVOU sXoo, cf. Dsc. I 39; for papyri, Marganne, p. 365. In his introd uction to the 6TOU?XTLxo.aL Galen (522,14) has the following: xcL yap Ta 6Lcl l(6)V 1LOT65V TLTLaEVLVLa (POLP4VL- L{ TOUTLOV TThO4ELV(OV (V `O6LVw fl VWPCQVW YLYVETClL. ica LdAXXO`v YE TO UWPCL-VOV TOpOD 5LVOU XpTlCL4WTEpOV, 6cw eatX CTUTlTLXOTEPOV ?CTL V. "Applications on pledgets become remedies when the ingredients are melted in rose oil or myrtle oil. Myrtle oil is more useful than rose oil, because it is more astringent." Among Galen's thirty 6nOUXWTLXCL', where the oil is named, 6Xo.toU IwpcLvoU occurs 11 times, Xao.ouv ro5tvou fl vupctvou, twice, and 6Xo.Cou io6CLvou, once. 12. TC T1n{La 1{LOTO. TC5V ETIp6v is a frequent brief direction for the plasters of Galen. Cf., e.g., XIII 338,16; 339,8; 349,11; 675,13; 734,2. See also A, 11ff. and note. For a description of the melting process and the various in gredients that are melted or dissolved, see Gal. XIII 628ff. 13. [1ToLL: for the spelling cf. A, 4; A verso, 6; B, 5; F, 6. Epoc, u, and L were added above the line by the second hand. The position of npOc indicates that it was meant to precede a four-letter word, and nTUPL u X- was probably corrected from n[oL]pux-.62) For the interchange of u and OL, see note to line 6, above; and for the interchange of L and U, Mayser-Schmoll, I i, 80; Gignac, I 267ff. One of Galen's thirty rnouXoTLxcxL (525,16) has the following title: dXXTrI rupLXo.UTOC XEyO' vn, ?x T(-V 'AT TCLXL}XLV 6UvvaE>Rv (pCpLVLxov EnLTTeUYIIeVOV. "Another, called la plaster for burns' (i.e. for ulcers caused by burns), a proved remedy from the Attalian collections of prescriptions. ,63) Cf. Aet. XV, p. 136,14. For a discussion Of EXRTI nupuLxOLUTC cf. Hipp. nrpL tXxG5v 22 (Littre, VI 426); Orib. Syn. VII 6. For emollient plasters with no metals see Paul. VII 17,30 6L' &yxoucmc mpoc Tl TUpLXrcLa, "the plasters with alkanet for ulcers caused by burns." Cf. also the uses of the Azanites recipe in note to lines 3ff. of B in our codex. 62) Or from nTLPU = rwpUX, a simple transposition of letters. 63) For "collections of prescriptions" see LSJ, s.v. 6uvacxLLC II 4. For another Attalian recipe for an rLOUXWITLXn, cf. Orib. Syn. III 4. Cf. also Celsus 5.19.11.A, "the plaster of Attalus for wounds"; 6.6.5.B, "the salve of Attalus" for checking rheum.
144 L.C.Youtie P.Mich. Inv. 21 C 7.5 x 8.5 cm. Taf.VII c ]Cl-.[ [ ...].TOV aa?,X6064 [?vov 4] . . 4 [u]ia[i) ] OTOV sVCf ?TI[X3OLX X?] [TO]v xuXov XaL TO. T1}t[TO.L CUlv-] [E?V] c,cOC XP()> n rnycivnp& ?[U Too] 8 [ALO]VUCLOU f3 TIOlOU Ep[[Oc VO-] [0ac no]LoOcCL CLL ?XX4T RcLL] [cU'pLy]yOLc HOLLc XELXL[vcx,c] --* - - - - - - - - - Translation ... and when it is mixed, add the juice and the melted ingredients; combine and use. The rue plaster from the second book of Dionysius is effective for spread ing ulcers, wounds, abscesses, and lichen-like skin erruptions ... 3. dEX6o6i[?VOV = 65LnDOU?1Voc, "filtered". See Stephanus, TGL, s.v. exX6w, for references. 6Ln& is the verb most commonly used by the medical writers for "filter, or strain." Cf. Aet. XV, p. 48,13 ESlTa bttoLLfXX TOl TTnxTla TO. i{eVTOL Rc'L &LT1flsaVTco, "then add the soluble ingredients which have been melted and strained." Cf. also pp. 44,3.16; 55,13; 61,12. The verb 601'cD is found in our codex in E verso, 13; H, 14; L verso, 7. 4-6. Cf. Gal. XIII 344,7 e TO.Tav uacc tvw)5ftl ... X6iDcL-vE ... 4 XLcoc xp; 346,2 1o.L O'Tav vcaj, tTLfLcLXXS ){TX.; 544,12 TEXE?uTaLov TOa TTlxT" 6EUcii'vo KcL fvWcOc XP(d. 4. tvafl: for this verb in our codex see E verso, 12; H, 2. ft [ L ?aXXE6: the space would permit t 'L3OCLXOLL (-IoLXXE) as in D, 8-9. 5-6. cuvev ]ccac: for the compound verb in our codex see A verso, 3. 6. xP65: the scribe originally wrote XPrL, which he corrected to xpx by slightly enlarging the second loop of w. In the vacant space after pX65 is a long forked paragraphos, and between lines 6 and 7 is a blank space. 7. h rTnyO.vrnpa: a rue-plaster. Sc. 94nXO.cTpoc. For plasters with rue see Paul. VII 17.70 n TlYOLVTlPMJ mpoc TXEUpLTLIOUc; Aet. XV, p. 94 i0&XoLyVLcL nT1yO.V1po1PV; p. 131 To rnlYO.vflpOv. Alex.Trall. refers several times to the recipe, h Tntfyo v6pi: II 185,24; 233,27; 241,4; but apparently does not anywhere list its in gredients. Among several recipes for plasters called,66pLcL'L, Galen has one entitled t 6L& rnnyavou (XIII 311,5).
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