The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian.
By Aretaeus
Edited by: Francis Adams LL.D. (trans.)

Boston Milford House Inc. 1972 (Republication of the 1856 edition).


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OF ARETÆUS, THE CAPPADOCIAN. CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE DISEASE
   BOOK I.
    CHAPTER V. ON THE PAROXYSM OF EPILEPTICS
    CHAPTER VI. ON TETANUS
    CHAPTER VII. ON ANGINA, OR QUINSEY
    CHAPTER VIII. ON THE AFFECTIONS ABOUT THE UVULA
    CHAPTER IX. ON ULCERATIONS ABOUT THE TONSILS
    CHAPTER X. ON PLEURISY

OF ARETÆUS, THE CAPPADOCIAN, ON THE CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE DISEASE
   BOOK II.
    CHAPTER I. ON PNEUMONIA
    CHAPTER II. ON THE BRINGING UP OF BLOOD
    CHAPTER III. ON SYNCOPE
    CHAPTER IV. ON CAUSUS, OR ARDENT FEVER
    CHAPTER V. ON CHOLERA
    CHAPTER VI. ON ILEUS
    CHAPTER VII. ON THE ACUTE AFFECTIONS ABOUT THE LIVER
    CHAPTER VIII. ON THE ACUTE DISEASE OF THE VENA CAVA
    CHAPTER IX. ON ACUTE AFFECTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS
    CHAPTER X. ON THE ACUTE AFFECTIONS ABOUT THE BLADDER
    CHAPTER XI. ON HYSTERICAL SUFFOCATION
    CHAPTER XII. ON SATYRIASIS

OF ARETÆUS, THE CAPPADOCIAN, ON THE CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC DISEASE
   BOOK I.
    CHAPTER I. THE PROŒMIUM
    CHAPTER II. ON CEPHALÆA
    CHAPTER III. ON VERTIGO, OR SCOTOMA
    CHAPTER IV. ON EPILEPSY
    CHAPTER V. ON MELANCHOLY
    CHAPTER VI. ON MADNESS
    CHAPTER VII. ON PARALYSIS
    CHAPTER VIII. ON PHTHISIS
    CHAPTER IX.