THE SYDENHAM SOCIETY INSTITUTED MDCCCXLIII [Illustration: SYDENHAM] LONDON MDCCCXLVI. THE SEVEN BOOKS OF PAULUS ÆGINETA. TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK. WITH A COMMENTARY EMBRACING A COMPLETE VIEW OF THE KNOWLEDGE POSSESSED BY THE GREEKS, ROMANS, AND ARABIANS ON ALL SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH MEDICINE AND SURGERY. BY FRANCIS ADAMS. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON PRINTED FOR THE SYDENHAM SOCIETY MDCCCXLVI. “MULTUM EGERUNT QUI ANTE NOS FUERUNT, SED NON PEREGERUNT. SUSPICIENDI TAMEN SUNT, ET RITU DEORUM COLENDI.” (SENECA, EPIST. LXIV.) PRINTED BY C. AND J. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. FOURTH BOOK. SECT. PAGE 1. On Elephantiasis 1 2. On Leprosy and Psora 15 3. On Lichen 24 4. On Pruritus, or Prurigo 27 5. On Leuce 31 6. On white and black Alphi 33 7. On Stigmata, from the works of Archigenes 36 8. On Exanthemata 37 9. On Epinyctides 39 10. On Phlyctænæ, or Bullæ 41 11. On Burns 42 12. For those beaten with Scourges 45 13. To make Hairs grow on a part that has been burnt 46 14. For Excoriations 47 15. For Myrmecia and Acrochordon 48 16. On Ganglion 50 17. On Phlegmon 51 18. On external Abscesses 54