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pure and white pus flow from the wound, the patients recover; but
if mixed with blood, slimy and fetid, they die.
Part 45
When abscess of the liver is treated by the cautery or incision,
if the pus which is discharged be pure and white, the patients recover,
(for in this case it is situated in the coats of the liver;) but if
it resemble the lees of oil as it flows, they die.
Part 46
Pains of the eyes are removed by drinking undiluted wine, plenteous
bathing with hot water, and venesection.
Part 47
If a dropsical patient be seized with hiccup the case is hopeless.
Part 48
Strangury and dysuria are cured by drinking pure wine, and venesection;
open the vein on the inside.
Part 49
It is a good sign when swelling and redness on the breast seize
a person very ill of quinsy, for in this case the disease is diverted
outwardly.
Part 50
When the brain is attacked with sphacelus, the patients die in
three days; or if they escape these, they recover.
Part 51
Sneezing arises from the head, owing to the brain being heated,
or the cavity (ventricle) in the head being filled with humors; the
air confined in it then is discharged, and makes a noise, because
it comes through a narrow passage.
Part 52
Fever supervening on painful affections of the liver removes the
pain.
Part 53
Those persons to whom it is beneficial to have blood taken from
their veins, should have it done in spring.
Part 54
In those cases where phlegm is collected between the diaphragm
and the stomach, and occasions pain, as not finding a passage into
either of the cavities, the disease will be carried off if the phlegm
be diverted to the bladder by the veins.
Part 55
When the liver is filled with water and bursts into the epiploon,
in this case the belly is filled with water and the patient dies.
Part 56
Anxiety, yawning, rigor,-wine drunk with an equal proportion of
water, removes these complaints.
Part 57
When tubercles (phymata) form in the urethra, if they suppurate
and burst, the pain is carried off.
