VI. Of pains of the sides and a pleurisy, and their cure, 161 VII. Of a peripneumony, and its cure, 162 VIII. Of the diseases of the liver, and their cure, 164 IX. Of the diseases of the spleen, and their cure, 165 X. Of the diseases of the kidneys, and their cure, 166 XI. Of the cholera, and its cure, 167 XII. Of the coeliack distemper of the stomach, and its cure, 169 XIII. Of the distemper of the small gut, and its cure, 170 XIV. Of the distemper of the large intestine, and its cure, 171 XV. Of a dysentery, and its cure, 172 XVI. Of a lientery, and its cure, 174 XVII. Of worms in the belly, and their cure, 175 XVIII. Of a tenesmus, and its cure, 175 XIX. Of a simple purging, and its cure, 176 XX. Of the diseases of the womb, and their cure, 178 XXI. Of an excessive discharge of semen, and its cure, 180 XXII. Of the diseases of the hips, and their cure, 181 XXIII. Of a pain in the knees, and its cure, 182 XXIV. Of the diseases of the joints of the hands and feet, and their cure, 182 XXV. Of the treatment of patients recovering, 184 BOOK V. PREFACE, 186 CHAP. I. Medicines for stopping blood, 187 II. Agglutinants and restringents, 187 III. Medicines for promoting a suppuration, 188 IV. Medicines for opening wounds, 188 V. Cleansers, 188 VI. Corroding medicines, 189 VII. Eating medicines, 189 VIII. Caustics, 190 IX. Medicines for forming crusts upon ulcers, 190 X. Resolvents for crusts, 190 XI. Discutients, 191 XII. Evacuating and drawing medicines, 191 XIII. Lenients, 191 XIV. Incarning medicines, 192 XV. Emollients, 192 XVI. Cleansers of the skin, 192 XVII. Of the mixture of simples, and the proportion of the weights, 193