Of Medicine, in Eight BooksCelsus, Aulus Cornelius
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Of Medicine, in Eight Books
Celsus, Aulus Cornelius
Medicine, Greek and Roman
But ulcers, that do not go off with the inflammation, generally either
grow fungous, or foul, or at least inveterate. Their excrescences are
best suppressed by the collyrium called memigmenon. The foul ones are
deterged both by the same, and by that, which is called smilion.
[Sidenote: _Smilion._]
This contains of verdigrease p. vi. *. gum the same quantity,
ammoniacum, minium from Sinope, each p. xvi. *. these are rubbed down
by some with water, by others, to make them stronger, with vinegar.
[Sidenote: _Phynon of Euelpides._]
That of Euelpides, which he called phynon, is also suitable to this
case; of saffron p. i. *. poppy tears, gum, each p. ii. *. copper
calcined and washed, myrrh, each p. iv. *. white pepper p. vi. *. But
the application of this must be preceded by an ointment.
[Sidenote: _Sphærion of the same author._]
The collyrium of the same author, to which he gave the name of
sphærion, is of like virtue; of bloodstone washed p. ii. *. pepper six
grains, cadmia washed, myrrh, poppy tears, each p. iii. *. saffron p.
iv. *. gum p. viii. *. which are rubbed down with Aminæan wine.
[Sidenote: _A liquid medicine by the same._]
He likewise compounded a liquid medicine for the same purpose, in
which were the following things; of verdigrease p. *. minium calcined,
copperas, cinnamon, each p. iii. *. saffron, nard, poppy tears, each p.
i. *. myrrh p. ii. *. calcined copper p. iii. *. aromatick ashes p. iv.
*. pepper fifteen grains. These are rubbed with a rough wine, and then
boiled with three heminæ of passum, till the whole unites. And this
medicine becomes more efficacious by keeping.
For filling the cavities of ulcers _of the eyes_, the best of all those
we have mentioned are the sphærion and the collyrium of Philes. The
same sphærion is an excellent medicine for inveterate ulcers, and such
as can scarcely be brought to cicatrize.
[Sidenote: _Hermon’s._]
There is also a collyrium, which though it be serviceable in many
cases, yet seems to be most efficacious in these ulcers. It is said to
be invented by Hermon. It contains of long pepper p. i. *. z. *. white
pepper p. *. cinnamon, costus, each p. i. *. copperas, nard, cassia,
castor, each p. ii. *. galls p. v. *. myrrh, saffron, frankincense,
lycium, ceruss, each p. viii. *. poppy tears p. xii. *. aloes, calcined
copper, cadmia, each p. xvi. *. acacia, antimony, gum, each p. xxv. *.
[Sidenote: _Asclepias._]
[Sidenote: _Canopite._]
[Sidenote: _Pyxinum of Euelpides._]
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