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a pound and a half, tlion pour on of vinegar as
mucli as be a sextarius and a half, then let these
stand thus together for three nights ;
after that seethe
the roots somewhat in the vinegar, and wring them
clean from the vinegar. Then put into the vinegar
some honey with the vinegar ; then put a good deal
of aloes therein, so much as may weigh an ounce or
more, and as much more of mastic and of ammi, as
a foreign wort liight ; or asarabacca ;
put in less of
them, mingle, however, all together, and then give him
three spoon measures. Do this against burning of the
maw and thirst ; mingle lukewarm water with the best
oil, give to drink, that checketh the thirst.
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XV.
For irritation of the maw when fJ/c man through the
mouth has l)itter breaking or belching, or there is an
ill lymph in his stomach ;
take of pepper as much as one
coin may weigh, of seed of dill as much as may weigh
four coin, as much besides of cummin, rub all fine and
administer in wine a spoon full when the man willeth
to go to sleep. The swelling of the maw and the heat
of the puffing up cometli from the black flegms ; but
then take sponges, put them into sharp vinegar, wet
it thoroughly, lay it over the maw, when it is such.
After that, if it feel not this, or he insensible io these
remedies, lay on some other applications, stronger and
more austere, such as is copperas mingled with honey,
and the like of that as leeches know.
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1. These are tokens of the hot fiegmatic ' maw, irretentive,^
and of the overcold. Of the hot or irretenti^e
Full of (pXcynovTi.
- The diet is drawn from a passage
thus headed ; Qepaireia rf/s Sia
6efijj.riy acrOevo{ia7]s Svydfxiws. UiiSe-
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mec] asiT, uiij;emecj-ae)'chc are there-
I'ort' the opposites of KadfKTiK6s ;
and not what Somner supposed.