First published in 2005. The present work contains the text of the great Syriac "Book of Medicines", edited from a manuscript in my possession, in an English translation of the same, with Introduction, Index. The first section of the Book of Medicines consists of Lectures upon Human Anatomy, Pathology, and Therapeutics, to each of which is added a series of prescriptions of the most detailed character, which the author recommends to be administered in the treatment of the various diseases described in the Lecture preceding. this is here published for the first time.

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PREFACE.DESCRIPTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT SUMMARY OF THE CONTENTS OF THE THREE SECTIONS OF THE MANUSCRIPT MEDICINE AMONG THE EGYPTIANS, GREEKS, BABY· LONIANS, ASSYRIANS, SYRIANS, & THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF MEDICINES, AND HIS SYSTEM OF MEDICINE CLIX THE FEES OF THE PHYSICIAN CLXIII ERRATA CHAPTER llI I. ON ALL THE DISEASES OF THE HEAD, AND ON INJURIES TO IT AND THE MENTAL FUNCTIONS 2. ON EPILEPSY, WHICH IS THE FALLING SICKNESS 3· ON THE MADNESS WHICH ARISETH FROM BLACK BILE 4· ON THE SYMPATHETIC WEAKNESS OF THE EPIGASTRIC REGION 5· ON THE VARIOUS KINDS OF FEAR WHICH ATTACK THE WEAK-MINDED 6. ON THE FALLING SICKNESS WHICH TAKETH PLACE SYMPATHETICALLY 7· ON THE AILMENT WHICH IS CALLED VERTIGO, OR DIZZINESS 8. ON VIOLENT PAIN IN THE HEAD 9· ON THE NATURAL FORMATION OF THE HEAD, AND ON THE INDICATIONS OF THE NATURAL COMPOSITIONS OF THE BRAIN 10. ON THE SIMPLE CONSTITUENTS OF THE BRAIN 11. ON THE COMPOUND CONSTITUENTS OF THE BRAIN 12. ON THE HOT PAINS WHICH ARISE IN THE HEAD 14.ON THE CURE OF HEADACHES ON THE PAINS IN THE HEAD WHICH ARE CAUSED BY COLD 15. ON THE CURE OF PAINS IN THE HEAD WHICH ARE CAUSED BY COLD 16. ON THE HEADACHE WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE DRINKlNG OF WINE 17. ON THE CURE OF THE HEADACHE WHICH IS CAUSED BY THE DRINKING OF WINE • 18. ON THE PAIN IN THE HEAD CAUSED BY A BLOW OR BY A FALL 19. ON THE CURE OF THE PAIN IN THE HEAD CAUSED BY A BLOW OR BY A FALL .20. ON THE HEADACHE WHICH COMETH IN SYMPATHY WITH THE WHOLE BODY 21. ON THE CURE OF THE SAME 22. ON THE HEADACHES WHICH ARISE THROUGH THE STOMACH, OR THROUGH OTHER PARTS OF THE ABDOMEN.23· OF THE CURE OF THE PAINS WHICH ARISE IN THE HEAD THROUGH THE STOMACH, OR THROUGH OTHER PARTS OF THE ABDOMEN 24. ON THE AILMENTS WHICH ARE PROPER TO THE HEAD 25. ON THE CURES OF THE AILMENTS PROPER TO THE HEAD THE GREAT HIERA-LEGHUDH.AYA THE HIERA OF GALEN THE HIERA OF ARCHIGENES HIERA PIJ$:RA .HIERA OF THEODORETUS GALEN'S PILLS PURGATIVES AND STOMACH PILLS MEDICINES WHICH ARE TO BE INJECTED INTO THE NOSTRILS, IN CASES OF OBSTINATE PAINS IN THE HEAD, DEMENTIA, DELIRIUM, EPILEPSY, VERTIGO, AND ALL PAINS IN THE HEAD WHICH ARE DUE TO THE THICK AND VISCOUS CHYMES, BLACK BILE, AND PHLEGM . 34· PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HEADACHES CAUSED BY HEAT, DRYNESS, 35· PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HEADACHES CAUSED BY COLD AND DRYNESS 36. GARGLES FOR PROTRACTED PAINS IN THE HEAD, WHICH EXPEL PHLEGM, AND THE EXUDATIONS OF SORES IN THE THROAT 37· OINTMENTS TO BE USED FOR PROTRACTED AILMENTS OF THE HEAD, AND TO BE SMEARED ON THE TEMPLES AND CHEEKS CHAPTER IV. I. ON THE INJURIES WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS, AND ON ALL AILMENTS WHICH AFFECT THE NOSTRILS 2. ON THE MEANS OF CURING THE SAME 3· ON THE MEDICAMENTS WHICH ARE GOOD FOR THE NOSTRILS 4· THE MEDICINES WHICH ARE TO BE USED FOR CHECKING A FLOW OF BLOOD FROM THE NOSTRILS5· ON COLD IN THE HEAD, AND ON THE RHEUM WHICH RUNNETH DOWN THEREFROM UPON THE CHEEK .6. ON THE CURE OF THE SAME 7 THE MEDICINES WHICH ARE GOOD FOR CATARRH OF THE NOSTRILS CHAPTER V. I. ON THE COMPOSITION AND SETTING OF THE EYES, OF THE INJURIES WHICH HAPPEN TO THEM, ON THE SYMPTOMS OF THE SAME, AND OF THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED IN HEALING THEM. 2. ON THE HEALING OF THE DISEASES OF THE EYES .3· OINTMENTS FOR THE =YES 4· ON THE DRY MEDICINES WHICH ARE TO BE APPLIED TO THE EYES IN CASES OF DISEASE 5· MEDICAL PREPARATIONS WHICH ARE TO BE LAID ON THE EYES, AND WHICH ARE TO BE USED IN CASES OF SEVERE PAIN, AND ULCERATION CAUSED THROUGH EXCESSIVE RHEUM 6. PREPARATIONS FOR DIMNESS OF VISION, WATERING OF THE EYES, WANT OF SIGHT IN THE TWILIGHT, 7ON THE MATTING TOGETHER OF THE HAIRS OF THE EYES CHAPTER VI. I. ON THE COMPOSITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE TONGUE, AND ON THE DISEASES WHICH ATTACK IT, AND ON THEIR SYMPTOMS 2. ON THE HEALING OF THE TONGUE CHAPTER VII. I. ON THE DISEASES OF THE EARS AND OF THE HEARING 2. ON THE HEALING OF THE DISEASES OF THE EARS, AND OF THE MEDICINES WHICH MAY BE APPLIED TO THEM WITH ADVANTAGE CHAPTER VIII. I. ON THE FACULTY OF FEELING, AND OF ALL THE DISEASES WHICH ATTACK THE NERVES 2. ON THE SPASM WHICH MAKETH THE WHOLE BODY RIGID .3· ON CONVULSION OF THE WHOLE BODY (PARALYSIS) 4· ON THE DISEASES OF THE FACE (FACIAL PARALYSIS) 5· ON THE DISEASE OF THE MARROW WHICH IS IN THE SPINAL COLUMN 60 ON THE HEALING OF THE RIGIDITY OF THE BODY, OR OF THE PARALYSIS WHICH TAKETH PLACE IN THE NERVES OF THE WHOLE BODY, OR IN ONE OF THE MEMBERS THERE OF PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NERVOUS DISEASES- POTIONS I45 8. PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NERVOUS DISEASES-OINTMENTS PRESCRIPTIONS I'OR RIGIDITY AND PARALYSIS OF THE NERVES, AND FOR PAIN IN THE KIDNEYS, AND FOR HEMIPLEGIA 10. ON WOUNDS IN THE NERVES 11 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE SAME CHAPTER IX. I. ON THE DISEASE WHICH IS CALLED THE STRANGLES, AND ON ALL AILMENTS OF THE MOUTH 2. ON THE HEALING OF THE STRANGLES 3· A LIST OF THE SIMPLE MEDICINES \VHICH CHECK RHEUM 4· A LIST OF THE SIMPLE MEDICINES WHICH RELIEVE THE PAIN CAUSED BY ABSCESSES OF THE MOUTH 5· COMPOUND PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE STRANGLES 6. ON THE UVULA 7 ON THE MOLARS, AND THE TEETH, AND THE GUMS ROUND ABOUT THEM. 8. ON THE HEALING OF THE TEETH 9· PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE TEETH AND MOUTH.CHAPTER X I. ON THE INJURIES WHICH HAPPEN TO THE ORGANS OF SPEECH 2. PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE THROAT AND VOICE. 20I CHAPTER XI. I. ON DIFFICULTY OF BREATHING, AND ON SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND ASTHMA 2. ON THE CURE OF ASTHMA AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH CHAPTER XII.I. ON THE BURSTING FORTH 6F BLOOD FROM THE INTERNAL ORGANS 2. ON THE HEALING OF THE BRINGING UP OF BLOOD3· PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HAEMORRHAGE 4· ON PLASTERS WHICH ARE GOOD FOR THOSE WHO BRING UP DLOOD CHAPTER XIII. I. ON THE SYMPTOMS OF DISEASES OF THE LUNGS AND OF ALL THE ORGANS OF THE BREAST (OR, CHEST) 24I 2. ON THE NATURAL MIXINGS (OR, COMPOSITIONS) OF THE LUNGS 3· ON THE DISEASES OF THE CHEST 4· ON THE DISEASE OF THE MEMBRANE WHICH DISCERN·ETH (DIAPHRAGM} 5· ON THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN 6. ON THE HEALING OF AILMENTS OF THE LUNG, AND OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CHEST • 2547· PRESCRIPTIONS CHAPTER XIV. I. ON THE INJURIES WHICH HAPPEN TO THE HEART, AND ON THEIR SYMPTOMS. 2. ON THE SPECIAL DISEASES OF THE HEART. 2903· ON THE SYMPTOMS OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE HEART 4· ON THE COMPOUND CONDITIONS OF THE HEART 5. ON THE CORRECTION OF THE COLD, EVIL CONDITION OF THE HEART 6. ON THE HEALING OF THE DISEASES PECULIAR TO THE HEART. 7• PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE HEART 8. THE CAESAR ANTIDOTE 9· THE GOLD ANTlDOTE CHAPTER XV. I. ON THE DISEASES WHICH ATTACK THE STOMACH, AND ON THEIR DISTINGUISHING FEATURES, AND OF THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED IN HEALING THEM .2. ON THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF THE BELLY .3· ON THE CORRECTION OF THE DRY, EVIL CONDITION OF THE BELLY 4· ON THE CURSE OF THE BESTIAL LUST FOR FOOD 5· ON THE CURE OF HICCOUGHS 6. ON THE CURE OF THE TURNING OF THE STOMACH 7· ON THE CURE OF THE ABSCESSES, OR ULCERS, WHICH ATTACK THE STOMACH 8. PRESCRIPTIONS 9· ON EMETICS 10. ON HAEMORRHAGE OF THE STOMACH II. ON THE MEDICINES, FOMENTATIONS, PLASTERS, AND CATAPLASMS WHICH ARE GOOD FOR PAIN IN THE STOMACH CHAPTER XVI. I. ON THE DISEASE~ WHICH ATTACK THE LIVER .2. ON THE SYMPTOMS OF THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF THE LIVER .3 ON THE VARIOUS KINDS OF DROPSY. 4· ON THE TREATMENT TO BE EMPLOYED IN HEALING DISEASES OF THE LIVER 5· PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE LIVER CHAPTER XVII. I. ON ALL THE DISEASES OF JAUNDICE 2. ON THE MEANS TO BE EMPLOYED IN HEALING JAUNDICE 3· PRESCRIPTIONS FOR JAUNDICE 4· A LIST OF THE SIMPLE MEDICINES WHICH ARE GOOD FOR JAUNDICE CHAPTER XVIII. I. ON THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN 4602. PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE SPLEEN CHAPTER XIX. I. ON THE SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASES WHICH ATTACK THE BOWELS, AND OF ALL THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LOOSENESS OF THE BELLY 2. ON DYSENTERY, THAT IS, ULCERATION OF THE BOWELS . 3· ON THE HEALING OF LOOSENESS OF THE BOWELS 4· PRESCRIPTIONS CHAPTER XX. I. ON THE SYMPTOMS AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISEASES THAT SUBSIST IN THE INTESTINES OF THE COLON 2. ON THE DISEASE WHICH IS CALLED lLEOS .3· PRESCRIPTIONS 4· SIMPLE MEDICINES FOR KILLING WORMS . 5· MEDICINES TO BE USED FOR AILMENTS OF THE ANUS CHAPTER XXI. I. ON THE SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE WHICH APPEAR IN THE KIDNEYS . 2. ON DEBILITY IN THE KIDNEYS. ASTROLOGICAL SECTION; THE BOOK OF NATIVE MEDICINES-PRESCRIPTIONS.; INDEX.