De Medicina Digital Hippocrates Collection Table of Contents
A. Cornelii Celsi
De Medicina Prooemium
Liber I
Liber II PROOEMIUM
Liber III
Liber IV
Liber V
Liber VI
Liber VII PROOEMIUM
Liber VIII
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Liber II PROOEMIUM
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[p. 212] possunt , sed ea cum ex peregrinis medicamentis maxime constent , aliisque magis , quam quibus ratione victus succuritur (V. Proem ., 1, 2), opitulentur, in praesentia differam : ponam vero ea , quae prompta et iis morbis , de quibus protinus (III, IV) dicturus sum , apta corpus erodunt, et sic eo quod mali est extrahunt . Habent autem hanc facultatem semen erucae , nasturcii, radiculae , praecipue tamen omnium sinapi . Salis quoque et fici eadem vis est .
Leniter vero simul et reprimunt et molliunt lana sucida quo cum aceto vel vino oleum adiectum est , contritae palmulae , furfures in salsa aqua vel aceto decoctae.
At simul et reprimunt et refrigerant herba muralis (παρθένιον vel περδείκιον appellant ), serpullum, puleium , ocimum , herba sanguinalis, quam Graeci πολύγονον vocant, portulaca , papaveris folium , capriolique vitium , coriandrum , folia hyocimum, muscus , siser , apium , solanum (quam strychnon Graeci vocant), brassicae folia , intubus , plantago , feniculi semen ; contrita pira vel mala , praecipueque Cotonea , lenticula ; aqua frigida , maximeque pluvialis , vinum , acetum, et horum aliquo madens vel panis vel farina vel spongia vel cinis vel lana sucida vel etiam linteolum ; creta Cimolia, gypsum ; melinum , murteum , rosa , acerbum oleum ; verbenarum contusa cum teneris colibus folia ; cuius generis sunt olea , cupressus , myrtus, lentiscus , tamarix , ligustrum , rosa , rubus , laurus , hedera , Punicum malum .
Sine frigore autem reprimunt cocta mala Cotonea ,
