LIST OF DISEASES 



scribing pyloric spasm and 



intestinal atony. Cf. Aretaeus 



IV 7. 

 Collectio. — The most general 



term for a boil or abscess, 



a " gathering." 

 Colostratio. — Disease of babies 



caused by the first milk. 

 Colum. — Colitis, or inflammation 



of the colon. 

 Comitialis morbus. — Epilepsy 



and sometimes other fits. 

 Condyloma. — A small tumour 



in the anus due to infJam- 



mation. See Celsus VI 18, 8. 

 Convulsa. — Sprains. 

 Cotidiana. — Quotidian ague, 



malaria with fever oocurring 



every day. 

 Destillatio. — A "running" cold 



in the head. Sometimes in- 



ternal catarrh. 

 Duritia. — An induration, from 



whatever cause, in any part 



of the body. 

 Dysinteria. — Usually dysentery, 



but probably also severe 



diarrhoea, however caused. 

 Dyspnoea. — Difficulty of breath- 



ing, however caused. 

 Elephantiasis. — The usual name 



of leprosy. See XXVI 7 and 



8, where it is said to have 



quickly died out in Italy. 

 Enterocele. — Hernia . 

 Epinyctis. — Either ( 1 ) a sore on 



the ej'e-lid or (2) an eruption 



caused by fleas or bugs. 

 Epiphora. — Running from the 



eyes as the result of some 



ailment. 

 Eruptio. — A bursting out of 



morbid matter, either through 



the skin or sometimes in other 



ways. 

 Extuberatio. — A fleshy ex- 



crescence, perhaps not morbid. 



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The word apparently occurs 



only in XXXI 104. 

 Febris. — Feverishness, or else 



one of the recognised types 



of malaria. 

 Fistula. — Praetically synonyra- 



ous with the raodern term. 

 Flemina. — A severe congestion 



of blood around the ankles. 



It is neuter plural. 

 Fluctio and fluxus. — Thore seems 



to be little if any difference in 



the meaning of theso words 



■ — any flow, but usually a mor- 



bid one. Pliny pref ora Jluctio. 

 Formicatio. — An irritating wart. 



See Celsus V 28, 14. 

 Furjur. — Scurf (anywhere). 

 Furuyiculus. — A boil, said by 



Celsus (V 28, 8) not to be 



dangerous, whereas Pliny 



(XXVI 125) says that it is 



sometimes morliferurn malum. 

 Oangraena. — Gangrene, hard to 



distinguish from phagedaena 



and iiicera serpentia. 

 Oemursa. — A disease the seat of 



which was between the toes. 



It is said by Pliny (XXVI 8) 



to have died out quickly in 



Italy. See Littre's note. 

 Olaucoma. — Opaqueness of the 



crystalline lens. 

 Oravedo. — The usual term for 



the common cold. 

 Qremia. — Rheum. 

 Hepaticus. — A sufferer from any 



liver complaint. 

 Herpes. — A spreading eruption 



on the skin. 

 Hydrocelicus. — A sufierer from 



hydrocele. 

 Hydropisis. — Dropsy. 

 Hypoch ysis . — Cataract. 

 Ictericus. — A sufTerer from 



jaundice. 

 Ignis sacer. — Erysipelas. Per- 



