LEECH BOOK. T. 83 



XXXV. Book I. 



Ch. XXXV. 



Of swarthened and deadened body. The disease 

 Cometh oftenest of corrupt humours after the inflamma- 

 tion of the disease which has passed away, the body 

 whilom becometh swarthy. Then, from the original 

 inflammation, the disease is to be cooled and to be 

 tended with cold appliances. And when the disease 

 Cometh from without, without a manifest token of its 

 cause, then shalt thou first cool the heat with triturated 

 coriander, with crumbs of bread moistened with cold 

 water or with the juice itself of the coriander, or with the 

 white of egg, or with wine, or with other things which 

 have the same virtue. When the inflammation and the 

 lieat are gone away and the part of the body is turned 

 somewhat to he either pale or livid or somewhat such, 

 then scarify the place, thou wilt then better it ; and 

 dry it with an application such as a man works of 

 wax cake and warm beer and of such things. He is 

 not to be let blood on a vein, but rather the symptoms 

 shall be tended with wort drinks, of a perfluent 

 nature, either emetic or diviretic, with which thou 

 mayest cleanse the corrupt humour and its red gaU- 

 sickness. Yea, though the evil be not come of the 

 inflammation of the corrupt humours, yet for such men 

 the sharp wort drink is beneficial. If the pituitous 

 livid or red symptoms be come from without, from 

 wounds or from cuttings or from blows, soon do thou 

 heal those matters with scarif5dng and onlayings^ of ^ 'Ein06>aTa. 

 barley, after the manner which leeches well know; 

 thou shalt amend it. If the swarthened body be to 

 that high degree deadened that no feeling be thereon, 

 than must thou soon cut away all the dead and the 

 unfeeling fiesJi, as far as the quick, so that there be 

 nought remaining of the dead flesh, which ere felt 

 neither iron nor fire. After that one shall heal the 

 wounds, as thou wouldst the part which as yet may 



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