[p. 48]remove the pains in
the flanks and loins, nor soften the belly, but in dropsies which
are connected with the liver there is a tickling cough, with scarcely
any perceptible expectoration, and the feet swell; there are no evacuations
from the bowels, unless such as are hard and forced; and there are
swellings about the belly, sometimes on the one side and sometimes
on the other, and these increase and diminish by turns.
PART 9
It is a bad symptom when the head, hands, and feet are cold, while
the belly and sides are hot; but it is a very good symptom when the
whole body is equally hot. The patient ought to be able to turn round
easily, and to be agile when raised up; but if he appear heavy in
the rest of his body as well as in his hands and feet, it is more
dangerous; and if, in addition to the weight, his nails and fingers
become livid, immediate death may be anticipated; and if the hands
and feet be black it is less dangerous than if they be livid, but
the other symptoms must be attended, to; for if he appear to bear
the illness well, and if certain of the salutary symptoms appear along
with these there may be hope that the disease will turn to a deposition,
so that the man may recover; but the blackened parts of the body will
drop off. When the testicles and members are retracted upwards, they
indicate strong pains and danger of death.
PART 10
With regard to sleep- as is usual with us in health, the patient should
wake during the day and sleep during the night. If this rule be anywise
altered it is so far worse: but there will be little harm provided
he sleep in the morning for the third part of the day; such sleep
as takes place after this time is more unfavorable; but the worst
of all is to get no sleep either night or day; for it follows from
this symptom that the insomnolency is connected with sorrow and pains,
or that he is about to become delirious.
PART 11
The excrement is best which is soft and consistent, is passed at the
hour which was customary to the patient when in health, in quantity
proportionate to the ingests; for when the passages are such, the
lower belly is in a healthy state. But if the discharges be fluid,
it is favorable that they are not accompanied with a noise, nor are
frequent, nor in great quantity; for
