Ibn Sina / Avicenna - Saab Medical Library

Book IV: Diseases involving more than one member. The cosmetic art
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Part 1 of the seven parts, General discourse on fevers, 2 treatises
Treatise 1, on one day fever
	Chapter on essential nature (substance) of fever	1
	Chapter on those prone to fevers	1
	Chapter on timings of fevers	1
	Chapter on recognizing timings of the disease especially its termination (ending)	2
	Chapter on a general discourse on one day fevers	2
	Signs	3
	Signs of transformation of a one day fever	3
	Signs of transmittance of a one day fever to other kinds of fevers	3
	Chapter on treatment of one day fevers in general	3
	Chapter on kinds of one day fevers	4
	Chapter on depression (sadness) fever	4
	Treatments	4
	Chapter on a one day fever due to worry (concern)	4
	Chapter on a one day fever due to excessive cogitation	4
	Chapter on a one day fever due to anger	4
	Chapter on a one day fever due to staying up (awake) at night	4
	Treatment	4
	Chapter on a one day fever due to sleep and relaxation	4
	Signs	4
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to excessive joy	5
	Signs	5
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to being afraid (scared frightened, terrified)	5
	Signs	5
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to fatigue (exhaustion)	5
	Signs	5
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to vomiting	5
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to pain	5
	Signs	5
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to fainting (syncope)	5
	Sign	5
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to hunger	5
	Treatment	5
	Chapter on a one day fever due to thurst	6
	Treatment	6
	Chapter on a one day fever due to infarction	6
	Signs	6
	Treatment	6
	Chapter on a one day fever due to fullness (dyspepsia)	6
	Signs	7
	Treatment	7
	Chapter on a one day fever due to swellings	7
	Signs	7
	Treatments	7
	Chapter on a one day fever due to living in misery (neglecting daily habits [like bathing])	7
	Treatment	7
	Chapter on a one day fever due to heat	8
	Signs	8
	Treatment	8
	Chapter on a one day fever due to cold water [bathing in]	8
	Treatment	8
	Chapter on a one day fever due to astringent water	8
	Sign	8
	Treatment	8
	Chapter on a one day fever due to alcoholic drinks	8
	Chapter on a one day fever due to (hot) foods	8
Treatise 2, general discourse on fevers due to putridity
	Chapter on a general discourse on signs of fevers due to putridity	9
	Chapter on signs of persistent (fever)	10
	Chapter on points (issues) some of which differ and some are in common with putridity fevers	10
	Chapter on signs of fevers symptoms	10
	Chapter on discourse on ague (feverish chill) and coldness (chilliness) and shivering and (to feel as if) fragmented	11
	Chapter on indicating full treatment of putridity fevers	11
	Chapter on nourishing those having fever	13
	Chapter on code regarding drinking oxymel and barely water	14
	Chapter on treatments, first on treatments of severe fevers	14
	Chapter on mentioning symptoms which intensify in severe fevers	15
	Chapter on managing ague (feverish chill) and shivering and coldness (chilliness) when becoming excessive	15
	Chapter on managing excessive sweating in fevers`	16
	Chapter on managing excessive nose bleeding	16
	Chapter on managing excessive vomiting which afflicts them	16
	Chapter on managing diarrhea which afflicts them	16
	Chapter on managing their excessive thirst	16
	Chapter on lethargy which afflicts them	16
	Chapter on managing their head heaviness	16
	Chapter on insomnia (sleeplessness) of those with fever and others	17
	Chapter on abdomen pain	17
	Chapter on roughness (coarseness) or viscidity of their tongues	17
	Chapter on their insistent sneezing	17
	Chapter on their headaches	17
	Chapter on managing their coughing	17
	Chapter on their loss of appetite (anorexia)	17
	Chapter on their bulimia	17
	Chapter on blackness of their tongue	18
	Chapter on fainting (syncope) which afflicts them	18
	Chapter on their having difficulty in breathing	18
	Chapter on their intense anguish	18
	Chapter on difficulty in swallowing which afflicts them	18
	Chapter on coldness of their limbs which afflicts them	18
	Chapter on general discourse on biliary fever	18
	Chapter on tertian fever called [Taritaos]	18
	Treatment of the true tertian fever	19
	The accompanying symptoms of tertian fever	19
	Treatment of the untrue tertian fever	20
	Chapter on burning fever known as [Farikos]	20
	Signs	21
	Treatment of the burning fever	21
	A good tried pill	21
	Chapter on blood fever	21
	Signs	22
	Treatment of blood fever	22
	On their nourishment	22
	Chapter on phlegmatic fever	22
	Signs of the phlegmatic fever known as [Amphimirnous]	22
	Signs of the persistent fever called [lathqa]	23
	Chapter on the fever in which chilliness is concealed and hotness is apparent [Igialos]	23
	Chapter on the fever in which hotness in concealed and chillness is apparent, known as[Lygoria]	23
	Chapter on the fever in which each of the 2 states is found in one of the 2 locations	24
	Chapter on the humor trance (or syncopic) fever	24
	Chapter on the day and night fever of the phlegmatic (fever)	24
	Treatment of the phlegmatic	24
	Prescription of the Ipomoea turpenthum R.BR medicine	25
	Good tried pills	26
	Good tried cooked Prescription	26
	On their nourishments	26
	Rectification of their discharge if in excess	26
	Rectification of their diarrhea if in excess	26
	A pill for fever accompanied by chillness	26
	Treatment of the phlegmatic (fever) known as the persistent fever	26
	Treatment of [Anphyalos] and [Lygoria]	27
	Treatment of the humour trance (or syncopic) fever	27
	Treatment of the thin delicate tender trance (or syncopic) fever	27
	Managing the day and night (fever)	27
	Chapter of the quartan fever known as[ Titratlos]	27
	On signs	27
	Treatment	28
	Also a pill with its prescription	29
	Mentioning of laxatives they need	30
	Prescription of a light pill	30
	Nourishment of those with persistent quartan fever	30
	Treatment of persistnet quartan fever	30
	Chapter on fifth, sixth and seventh fevers and the like, known as phymatos in Greek, and others call it Dawara	30
	Treatment of these kinds of fevers	31
	Chapter on the hectic fever	31
	Signs	31
	Signs of flag (whithering)	32
	Treatment of the hectic fever	32
	Cooling medicines	32
	Another regimen	32
	Soothing medicines	32
	On nourishing those with hectic fever	33
	On rectifying the states following hectic fever	33
	On formulation	33
	Chapter on old age hectic fever	34
	Signs	34
	Treatment of old age hectic fever	34
	Chapter on epidermic fevers and the like, that is smallpox (variola) and measles (Rubeola)	34
	Discourse on epidemic fevers	34
	Signs	34
	Signs of the epidemic	35
	Treatments of the epidemic fever	35
	Protection from an epidemic	35
	Chapter on smallpox (Variola)	35
	Signs of smallpox	36
	Chapter on measles (Rubeola)	36
	Treatment	36
	Its formulation	37
	In winter, should have a continuous fire of tamarix	37
	Chapter on taking care of the organs and precautions against smallpox and measles (rubeola)	37
	Chapter on removing the traces of smallpox	38
	Chapter on fevers due to swellings	38
	Chapter on their signs and sequences	38
	Their treatment	38
	Chapter on states of compound fevers	39
	Chapter on tertian and phlegmatic fevers	39
	Chapter on signs of tertian and phlegmatic fevers	39
	In this fever the third day is like the first and the fourth is like the second	39
	Chapter on treatment of tertian and phlegmatic fevers	40
	Its formulation	40
	Another for the inflamed	40
	Other pills	40
	Another good formulation	40
	Chapter on relapse	40
Part 2, on presenting information and principles on delirium, 2 treatises
Treatise 1, on delirium and ways to identify it, and identify the good and the bad one
	Chapter on delirium, what is it, and on its sections and sequences	41
	Chapter on a general discourse on signs of delirium	42
	Chapter on signs of matter movement upwards, in delirium	43
	Chapter on signs of vomit	43
	Chapter on detailing all these signs	43
	Chapter on the sequence of these mentioned common signs and on particular (signs)	44
	Chapter on signs of the tendency of matter to turn to sweat	44
	Chapter on signs of the tendency of matter to turn to the urinary organs	44
	Chapter on signs of the tendency of matter to turn to the excrement path	44
	Chapter on signs indicating that delirium may be from the womb (due menstruation)	44
	Chapter on signs indicating that delirium is due to swelling in the blood vessels of the buttocks	44
	Chapter on signs that delirium is shifting	44
	Chapter on sign that shifting is downwards	45
	Chapter on sign that shifting is upwards	45
	Chapter on signs that it is developing into a different disease	45
	Chapter on signs of an abscessed delirium	45
	Chapter on sequences of such abscess	45
	Chapter on signs of convulsions (spasms)	46
	Chapter on signs of a feverish chill	46
	Chapter on signs indicating a good delirium	46
	Chapter on signs indicating a bad delirium	46
	Chapter on sequences of signs indicating bad delirium	46
	Chapter on signs of full development and its sequences	46
	Chapter on sequences of signs in general	46
	Chapter on mentioning the good signs	46
	Chapter on sequences of the bad signs	47
	Chapter on mentioning the bad signs	47
	Chapter on bad signs related to appearance and color	47
	Chapter on signs derived from the headache	47
	Chapter on bad signs derived from the senses	47
	Chapter on signs in the eye	47
	Chapter on signs derived from the nose	48
	Chapter on signs derived from the ear	48
	Chapter on signs derived from the teeth	48
	Chapter on signs derived from the tongue and mouth and what follows	48
	Chapter on signs derived from the states of the throat and the esophagus and surroundings	48
	Chapter on signs derived form the stomach and its tip	49
	Chapter on bad signs derived from the breathing organs	49
	Chapter on signs derived from the shape of the blood vessels	49
	Chapter on bad signs derived from slackening of the body and recumbency and feebleness	49
	Chapter on signs derived from situation of recumbency	49
	Chapter on bad signs derived from the skin	49
	Chapter on signs derived from the abdomen and around the epigastrium	49
	Chapter on signs derived from the buttocks	49
	Chapter on signs derived from the penis and the testicles	49
	Chapter on signs derived from the wombs	49
	Chapter on bad signs derived from the limbs	49
	Chapter on signs derived from timing of sleep and wakefulness	50
	Chapter on bad signs derived from the action of the hand	50
	Chapter on signs derived from pains	50
	Chapter on signs derived from the voice and speech and silence	50
	Chapter on signs derived from the brain	50
	Chapter on signs derived from movements	50
	Chapter on signs derived from delusions	50
	Chapter on signs derived from yawning and stretching	50
	Chapter on signs derived from dreams	50
	Chapter on signs derived from appetite and thurst	50
	Chapter on sequences and deductions from jaundice	51
	Chapter on signs derived from swellings	51
	Chapter on signs derived from shape of pustule and the like	51
	Chapter on signs derived from the shape of blood vessels	51
	Chapter on signs derived from feverish chills	51
	Chapter on sequences of vomiting	51
	Chapter on sequences of sweating	51
	Chapter on abundant sweating	51
	Chapter on difference in sweating among organs and the contrary	52
	Chapter on difference in sweating states and others	52
	Chapter on days with abundant sweating and those with little (sweating)	52
	Chapter on indications from states of the sweat	52
	Chapter on signs derived from sweating	52
	Chapter on signs derived from pulse	52
	Chapter on sequences of nosebleeding	53
	Chapter on signs derived from nosebleeding	53
	Chapter on signs derived from sneeze	53
	Chapter on sequences of feces	53
	Chapter on sequences of vomit	53
	Chapter on signs derived from vomit	53
	Chapter on sequences of the urine	53
	Chapter on urinary signs derived from little or abundant (urine)	54
	Chapter on signs derived from thinness of urine	54
	Chapter on signs derived form thickness of components and turbidity (of urine)	54
	Chapter on sequences of white urine in severe diseases	54
	Chapter on black urine in severe diseases	54
	Chapter on the red color of urine in severe diseases	54
	Chapter on signs derived form urinary sediment	55
	Chapter on signs derived from gathered states due to different signs in color and urine components, and first in fatty urines	55
	Chapter on bad signs derived from the way the urine separates	55
	Chapter on several bad signs in urine	55
	Chapter on bad signs in sick people when different signs get assembled in one sick person	56
	Chapter on signs of a long duration sickness	56
	Chapter on signs that sickness will be over following a delirium or a release	56
	Chapter on sequences of a relapse	56
	Chapter on signs of a relapse	57
	Chapter on causes of death	57
	Chapter on types of death which afflict during fevers and signs on how thesick will die	57
	Chapter on signs of death without delirium	57
	Chapter on states of exposure (to a relapse), after convalescence	57
	Chapter on managing the convalescent	58
	Chapter on nourishing the convalescent	58
	Chapter on actions of sickness	58
Treatise 2, of part 2, on timings of delirium, its days (duration), and its fits
	Chapter on initiation of illness, and reckoning its start	59
	Chapter on cause of delirium days and fits	59
	Chapter on comparing delirium days with each other regarding strength, weakness and in comparison to illnesses	60
	Chapter on delirium days of middle category	60
	Chapter on delirium days of middle category and its weakness	60
	Chapter on good and bad days in sequence whether delirious or set in the middle or warning days	61
	Chapter on days which are not delirious, and not in the first or second categories	61
	Chapter on warning days	61
	Chapter on knowing the delirium days if in doubt	61
	Chapter on illustrating the relationship between delirium days and most illness	62
Part 3, Comprehensive discourse on swelling and pustules, 3 treatises
Treatise 1, on the hot and bad (swellings and pustules)
	Chapter on hot swellings and pustules	62
	Chapter on phlegmonous (phlelgmonosis)	62
	Chapter on treatment of phlegmonous	63
	Chapter on erysipelas and its types	63
	Chapter on treatment of erysipelas	64
	Chapter on millet dartre	64
	Chapter on treatment of dartre	64
	Chapter on millet darter from the darter types	64
	Chapter on carbuncle and persian fire (erysipelas) and others	64
	Chapter on treatment of the carbuncle and Persian fire	65
	Chapter on blisters (vesicants) and swellings (intumescences)	65
	Chapter on treatment of blisters (vesicants) and swellings (intumescences)	65
	- Prescription of a compound medicine	65
	- A good tried old medicine adopted by some contemporary (people)	65
	Chapter on Cnidosis	66
	Chapter on treatment of cnidosis	66
	Chapter on gangrenous sore and deterioration of an organ and difference between gangrene and bone decay gangrene	66
	Chapter on treatment	66
	Chapter on plagues	67
	Chapter on treatment	67
	Chapter on swellings in the glands	67
	Chapter on hot abscess (abscessus)	67
	Chapter on signs indicating if the swelling is an abscess	68
	Chapter on indications of maturity and its sign	68
	Chapter on states of pus	68
	Chapter on signs of an interior abscess	68
	Chapter on signs of maturity of the interior abscess	68
	Chapter on signs indicating closeness of the interior (abscess) to outburst	68
	Chapter on treatment of external abscess	69
	Chapter on managing the maturity and using artifice to cause suppuration inan external abscess	69
	Chapter on managing external abscess when mature	69
	Chapter on outburst of external (abscess)	70
	Chapter on managing an internal abscess	70
	Chapter on the furuncles	71
	Chapter on treatment of furuncles	71
	Chapter on hemorrhoids	71
Treatise 2, on cold swellings and what goes on with it of cold humors and what goes on with it in the body, of phlegm and melancholia and flatus and the compound ones, which are known
	Chapter on phlegmatic loose swelling known as edema	71
	Chapter on the treatment of a loose swelling	71
	Chapter on chap	72
	Chapter on treatment of chap	72
	Chapter on glands (glandular swellings)	73
	Treatment	73
	Chapter on glandular pustules	73
	Chapter on swelling behind the ear [Fojthela]	73
	Chapter on scrofula (king’s evil)	73
	Treatment	73
	Prescription of a good medicine	73
	Chapter on solid swellings	74
	Treatment	74
	Chapter on rheumatism	75
	Chapter on what is known as cornes (on the toes)	75
	Chapter on cancer	75
	Chapter on treatment	75
	Chapter on managing to loosen it	75
	Chapter on mentioning topical medicines for cancer	75
	Chapter on flatulence swellings and distention of muscles	76
	Chapter on treatment	76
	Good moderate lotion	76
	Chapter on [Madini] vein	76
	Chapter on treatment	76
Treatise 3, on leprosy
	Chapter on what is leprosy and its cause	77
	Chapter on signs	77
	Chapter on treatment	78
	Cooked [medicine] for leprotics	78
	Formulation of a snuff	78
	Compound medicines good for them	79
	Cream formulation known as [Bizrijli Al Akbar] (grand bizri- acompound medicine)	79
	Cream formulation [Al Salakha] base on (urine of the Ibex-mountain goat)	79
	Burned steel formulation	79
	Formulation known as [Al Salakha al soughra] (based on urine of the Ibex-mountain goat)	80
	A good medicine formulation for leprosy	80
	A leprosy liniment formulation	80
	Another liniment formulation	80
Part 4, On loss of continuity, except what is related to fracture and splinting, 4 treatises
Treatise 1, general discourse on wounds (cuts, injuries)
	Chapter on a general discourse on loss of continuity	80
	Chapter on generalities regarding wounds (cuts)	80
	Chapter on a general discourse on treatment of wounds	81
	Chapter on defining the strength of medicines which promote (growth) and which fuse and which are erosive	81
	Chapter on slitting open the wound and other if it is to be uncovered	82
	Chapter on managing wounds with swellings and with pain	82
	Chapter on managing wounds of bowels, internal and apparent (external)	82
	Chapter on method to swathe wounds	83
	Chapter on medicines which fuse wounds	84
	Chapter on medicines which heal and seal wounds and others	84
	Prescription of a linen cream	84
	Prescription of a mild powder	84
	Another powder	84
	Prescription of a cream for wounds in elderly people	84
	Chapter on medicines promoting flesh formulation in wounds and ulcers	85
	Chapter on treatment of fracture wounds	85
Treatise 2, On tears and bruises and lacerations and dislocations and tumble and collision and rupture and bleeding and the like
	Chapter on preface	85
	Chapter on laceration and rend	85
	Chapter on treatment	86
	Chapter on tumble and stumbling with a stone or a wall or other	86
	Chapter on treatment	86
	Prescription of a good pill	87
	Prescription of a tried compound medicine	87
	Chapter on tumble and hit on the stomach and the intestines	87
	Chapter on someone hit with a whip and the like and his treatment	87
	Chapter on dislocation	87
	Chapter on tears including tear of the sole	87
	Chapter on pricking and ruptures, and extracting out any thorns, arrows and bones	88
	Chapter on pulling (drawing) medicines	89
	Chapter on the code of treatment of fire burns	89
	Chapter on burn medicines of the first degree	89
	Chapter on burn medicines of the second degree	89
	Another formulation of a lime (depilatory agent) cream	89
	Chapter on burns due to boiling water	89
	Chapter on blood bleeding and clotting	89
	Chapter on the code of treating blood bleeding	90
	Chapter on formulations for different compound medicines effective in stopping bleeding	91
Treatise 3, on ulcers and related kinds
	Chapter on general discourse on ulcers	92
	Chapter on the code for treating ulcers	93
	Chapter on treatment of pus ulcers	94
	Chapter on treatment of dirty ulcers	94
	Chapter on treatment of cavernous ulcers	94
	Chapter on treatment of maggots (worms) in ulcers	95
	Chapter on promoting flesh formation in ulcers	95
	Chapter on treatment of eaten away ulcers with no rot	95
	Chapter on treatment of rotten and bad ulcers	95
	Formulation of a compound medicine	95
	A tried medicine of highest degree	96
	Chapter on treatment of a difficult – to heal ulcers and on extremely bad ulcers	96
	Prescription of a medicine gathered by Galen and others	96
	Prescription of a good golden cream	96
	Chapter on treatment of fistulas and skins which don’t heal	97
	A prescription of a medicine used by Alexandrians	97
	Chapter on extra flesh on wounds	97
	Chapter on managing of catabolic ulcers after healing	98
	Chapter on ulcer and wound scars	98
Treatise 4, on loss of continuity in nerves, and what is not related to mending due to loss of continuity of bones.
	Chapter on wounds of the nerve and what follows and nerve ulcers	98
	Chapter on code of treatment of loss of continuity of nerves	98
	Chapter on medicines for nerve and ulcer wounds	99
	Chapter on swells which afflict a wounded nerve	100
	Chapter on bruise and dislocation of the nerve	100
	Chapter on stiffness and bending of the nerve	100
	Chapter on stating bone diseases	100
	Chapter on malignant ulcer (usually happens in the pollex) and bone decay	101
	Chapter on signs of bone decay	101
	Chapter on its treatment	101
	Chapter on removing (flesh) from decayed bones	101
	Chapter on what remains from bone splinters in healed ulcers	101
	Its formulation	101
	Chapter on medicines for broken bones	101
	A liniment for bone fracture and dislocation	101
	A medicine beneficial for bone fracture and dislocation accompanied by a hot swelling	101
Part 5, on splinting, 3 treatises
Treatise 1, on dislocation and what is related to it
	Chapter on general discourse on dislocation	102
	Chapter on signs of a complete dislocation	102
	Chapter on signs of bend	102
	Chapter on signs of an increase in the length of the joint without dislocation	102
	Chapter on treatment of bend and dislocation	102
	Chapter on treatment of long joints	103
	Chapter on dislocation of the jaw	103
	Chapter on dislocation of the clavicle	103
	Chapter on dislocation of the shoulder	103
	Chapter on signs of dislocation of the brachium	103
	Chapter on treatments	104
	Chapter on dislocation of the shoulder by itself	104
	Chapter on dislocation of the small bone at the tip of the shoulder	104
	Chapter on treatment	104
	Chapter on dislocation of the elbow	104
	Chapter on treatment	104
	Chapter on dislocation of the wrist (carpus) joint	105
	Chapter on dislocation of the fingers and its signs	105
	Chapter on treatment	105
	Chapter on detachment of the wrist bones	105
	Chapter on dislocation of the vertebra	105
	Chapter on treatment	105
	Chapter on dislocation of the coccyx	106
	Chapter on dislocation of the hip	106
	Chapter on signs	106
	Chapter on treatment	106
	Chapter on dislocation of the knee	107
	Chapter on treatment	107
	Chapter on dislocation of the patella (rotula)	107
	Chapter on dislocation of the calcaneum joint at the heel bone	107
	Chapter on dislocation of the foot bones	108
Treatise 2, a word of principles on fracture
	Chapter on a general discourse on fracture	108
	Chapter on sequences of bone setting and antisetting	108
	Chapter on principles related to bone setting and dressing	108
	Chapter on recommendations for the orthopedist	109
	Chapter on a suspensory for each set organ	109
	Chapter on specifications for bandages and pads	110
	Chapter on methods of dressing in details	110
	Chapter on specifications for dressing tools (materials)	111
	Chapter on method of using dressings and changing them in details	111
	Chapter on fracture with injury	111
	Chapter on mal bone setting of the fracture	112
	Chapter on fracture liniments and what follow their course	112
	Chapter on liniments not to be used and what follows their course, and those which emend itching	112
	Chapter on liniments which harden bones	112
	Chapter on management of bone modification	112
	Chapter on a good arrangement and medicines which soften a hard joint	112
	Chapter on fortifiers for relaxation	112
	Chapter on using hot water and fat	113
	Chapter on nourishing the patient	113
	Chapter on what to do following fracture and dressing to face consequences if something goes wrong	113
	Chapter on a very bad fractured bone	113
Treatise 3, on osteoclasis (fracture) of each organ
	Chapter on fracture of the skull (cranium)	113
	Chapter on fracture of the jawbone	115
	Chapter on fracture of the nose	116
	Chapter on fracture of the clavicle (collarbone)	116
	Chapter on fracture of the shoulder	116
	Chapter on fracture of the sternum (breastbone)	117
	Chapter on fracture of the ribs	117
	Chapter on fractures which might afflict the vertebrae	117
	Chapter on fracture of the brachium	117
	Chapter on fracture of the forearm (cubitus)	117
	Chapter on fracture of the wrist (carpus)	118
	Chapter on fracture of the finger bones	118
	Chapter on fracture of the sacrum and the hip	118
	Chapter on fracture of the thigh	118
	Chapter on fracture of any round bone (as the knee pan) (knee-pan)	118
	Chapter on fracture of the leg (shank)	119
	Chapter on fracture of the calcaneous (heelbone)	119
	Chapter on fracture of the heel	119
	Chapter on fracture of the toes	119
Part 6, General discourse on poisons, 5 treatises
Treatise 1, On basics of what is known regarding ingested poisons, and detailed discourse on treatments of poisons, not of animal [origin], and others
	Chapter on a general discourse on how to safeguard from ingested poisons and their treatment	119
	Chapter on a general discourse on ingested poisons	120
	Chapter on seeking guidance about types of poisons	120
	Chapter on bad signs	120
	Chapter on code of treating someone who ingested a poison	120
	Chapter on common(combined) medicines [antidotes] for poisons	121
	Chapter on solid poisons, metallic and others -lapis armeniacus or lapis pazuli	121
	Chapter on mercury	121
	Chapter on treatment	121
	Chapter on litharge or dross of silver and lead oxide filings	121
	Chapter on its treatment	122
	Chapter on lead carbonate or bicarbonate, ceruse, white water	122
	Chapter on its treatment	122
	Chapter on gypsum	122
	Chapter on cinnabar (vermilion) and [sukk](the fruit of Chinese Phyllantus emblica, but when no available, what is used is a compound medicine composed of gall oak, pomegranate skin, unripe dates and musk	122
	Chapter on verdigris	122
	Chapter on iron filings and its slag	122
	Chapter on treatment	122
	Chapter on lime and arsenic	122
	Chapter on treatment	122
	Chapter on soap water	122
	Chapter on vitriol and alum	123
	Chapter on drinking cold water on an empty stomach	123
	Chapter on vegetal poisons, Aconitum ferox and Aconitum uncinatum	123
	Chapter on treatment	123
	Chapter on spikenard	123
	Chapter on treatment	123
	Chapter on cicuta or Conium maculatum	123
	Its treatment	123
	Chapter on Euphorbia resini fera BERG or any kind of Euphorbia	123
	Its treatment	123
	Chapter on Euphorbia milks (seven mentioned by Avicenna)	123
	Chapter on Convolvolus scammonia	123
	Chapter on Daphne mesereum I. and Cardapatium Corymbosum PERS	124
	Chapter on treatment	124
	Chapter on Nerium oleander	124
	Chapter on treatment	124
	Chapter on semecarpus anacardium	124
	Chapter on treatment	124
	Chapter on Ranunculus asiaticus	124
	Chapter on Delphinium staphisagria	124
	Chapter on Peganum harmala	124
	Chapter on Thapsia garganicai	124
	Chapter on treatment	124
	Chapter on Reseda alba	124
	Chapter on Croton tiglium	125
	Chapter on Gypsophila struthium and Helleborus albus and Cyclamen europaeum or Leontice leontopetalum and juice of Ecballium elaterium and a bad type of Nigella and black agaric (Agaricus)	125
	Chapter on treatment	125
	Chapter on Helleborus niger	125
	Chapter on treatment	125
	Chapter on Daphne gnidium	125
	Chapter on Typha latifolia	125
	Chapter on oil cake of Ricinus communis and sesame	125
	Chapter on castorium (oily matter from the beaver Castor canadensis)	125
	Chapter on treatment	125
	Chapter on wild scilla	125
	Chapter on treatment	126
	Chapter on Aconitum lycoctonum andAconitum napellus HAYME	126
	Chapter on treatment	126
	Chapter on Melia azedarachta	126
	Chapter on rice husks	126
	Chapter on treatment	126
	Chapter on nettle (urtica) seeds	126
	Chapter on Ipomoea turpethium R.BR.	126
	Chapter on Ranunculus sardous CRANTZ	126
	Chapter on treatment	126
	Chapter on [Tobiyon] [Tonyon] (Avicenna does not know what it is)	126
	Chapter on rancid seeds pulbs	126
	Chapter on drinks (juices, syrups, etc) especially on an empty stomach	126
	Chapter on treatment	127
	Chapter on bad honey	127
	Chapter on treatment	127
	Chapter on viscum album (mistletoe)	127
	Chapter on treatment	127
	Chapter on cold poisonous medicines of vegetal origin- opium	127
	Chapter on treatment	127
	Chapter on Datura metal	127
	Chapter on treatment	127
	Chapter on Mandragora officinarum	128
	Chapter on treatment	128
	Chapter on Convolvulus oleofolius DERS or Datura stramonium	128
	Chapter on Hyoscyamus niger or albus, or Datura fatuosa or Cannabis sativa	128
	Chapter on treatment	128
	Chapter on Conium maculatum, Cicuta,Hyoscyanus niger	128
	Chapter on Physalis alkekenge or solanum nigrum 1. or Datura Stramonium or withania somnifera DON	128
	Chapter on treatment	128
	Chapter on moist coriander	128
	Chapter on treatment	128
	Chapter on plantago psyllium	129
	Chapter on mushrooms and bad truffles	129
	Chapter on treatment	129
	Chapter on [siham Armenyya] (Armenian arrows)	129
Treatise 2, On ingested animal poisons
	Chapter on animals which their bodies kill or rot (decay, decompose)	129
	Chapter on Cantharis	129
	Chapter on treatment	129
	Chapter on Alpysia depilens	129
	Chapter on treatment	130
	Chapter on gecko and chameleon (chamaeleo)	130
	Treament	130
	Chapter on Agama stellio	130
	Chapter on treatment	130
	Chapter on Lacerta (lizard)	130
	Chapter on treatment	130
	Chapter on Rana esculenta (green frog) and marine red (russet frogs)	130
	Chapter on treatment	130
	Chapter on yellow frogs	130
	Chapter on treatment	130
	The other part of this section is cold fish	131
	Chapter on covered barbecued meat and bad meat	131
	Chapter on treatment	131
	Chapter on the second category (type) of animal (poisons)	131
	Chapter on snake gall bladder	131
	Chapter on treatment	131
	Chapter on tiger gall bladder	131
	Chapter on treatment	131
	Chapter on gall bladder of dogfish (roussette)	131
	Treatment	131
	Chapter on the extremity of the deer (Cervus) tail	131
	Treatment	131
	The third category (type) of animal (poisons), fresh ox blood	131
	Chapter on treatment	131
	Chapter on animal sweat	132
	Treatment	132
	Chapter on chameleon eggs	132
	Treatment	132
	Chapter on soured milk	132
	Chapter on treatment	132
	Chapter on coagulated blood	132
	Chapter on common medicines for that	132
	Chapter on treatment of clotted blood in the stomach and bladder (vesica)	132
	Chapter on clotted milk in the stomach	132
	Chapter on treatment	132
Treatise 3, on general management of bites (stings) and driving away (repelling) insects, and on signs of snake bites and their types
	Chapter on a general discourse on treatment codes	134 (133)
	Chapter on drinks (beverages) for stings	134 (133)
	A beneficial medicine for all stings	134
	Chapter on liniments for stings	134
	Chapter on liniments when spread on the body will keep vermins (pasts)	134
	Chapter on total repelling of vermins (pests)	134
	Chapter on materials mentioned by people which kill predators	135
	Chapter on repelling snakes	135
	Chapter on repelling and killing scorpions	135
	Chapter on an incense which drives out scorpions	135
	Chapter on expelling fleas	135
	Chapter on expelling mosquitos and bugs	135
	Chapter on expelling the weasel	135
	Chapter on expelling and killing the mouse	135
	Chapter on expelling ants	135
	Chapter on expelling flies	135
	Chapter on expelling wasps (hornets)	135
	Chapter on expelling beetles	135
	Chapter on expelling woodworms	136
	Chapter on expelling mites (moths)	136
	Chapter on snake types	136
	Chapter on the bite of Naja haje (Egyptian cobra)	136
	Chapter on the signs of its bite	136
	Chapter on the bite of Naja morgani	136
	Chapter on signs of the bite of a snake called rapid (swift), from thedeaf type	137
	Chapter on the bite of the stiff snake, from the deaf type	137
	Chapter on the bite of the spitting and stiff snake types	137
	Chapter on the bite of the Cerastes (horned viper )	137
	Chapter on the sign of its bite	137
	Chapter on the snake called Coluber nutrix and [Kdosudros]	137
	Chapter on treatment	137
	Chapter on [Athdries] (Avicenna is hesitant regarding its kind)	137
	Chapter on a general discourse regarding snakebites and their sequences	137
	Chapter on treatment of snake bites to be taken as a code	138
	Chapter on other praised drinks for snake bites	138
	Chapter on external dressings	138
	Chapter on snakes which cause blood to come out of the body like [Amoryos] and Raia [Bastisse] both could be marine animals	138
	Chapter on treatment	138
	Chapter on the snake which induces thirst	139
	Chapter on treatment	139
	Chapter on jumping snake	139
	Chapter on hamadryad, hannah	139
	Chapter on treatment	139
	Chapter on millet snake	139
	Chapter on a snake known as [Basistali]	139
	Chapter on the varigated snake with different colours	139
	Chapter on the [Barstaies] snake	139
	Chapter on [Fanjernyoss]	139
	Chapter on [Ammothodies] and [Muaa'rouss]	140
	Chapter on their treatment	140
	Chapter on a snake called [syser] the putrid	140
	Chapter on treatment	140
	Chapter on other snakes which their bite harms, due to the wound and not due to poison, and they are the very big snakes	140
	On dragons	140
	Chapter on [Agathnimon] and [Alsier]	140
	Chapter on the Trachinus droco bite	140
	Chapter on two marine animals	140
	Chapter on Muraena	140
	Chapter on Rajidae’ (Raiae)	140
Treatise 4, On human and animal (quadrupeds) bites
	Chapter on a general discourse on treatment of the bite	141
	Chapter on the bite of a human to another	141
	Chapter on the bite of a domestic dog with no rabies (not hydrophobic) and the bite of a wolf and the like	141
	Chapter on the features of a dog, wolf and jackal with rabies	141
	Chapter on (animals) which cause rabies other the mentioned ones	141
	Chapter on the states of one bit by a hydrophobic dog	142
	Chapter on the difference between the bite of a hydrophobic dog and that of a sane dog	142
	Chapter on treatment	142
	A good laxative prescription for them	142
	Chapter on potion medicines	143
	Formulation of the cantharis medicine good for them	143
	A condensed formulation of the cantharis medicine	143
	Chapter on dressings and the like for hauling (absorbing) and dilation (dilatation)	144
	Chapter on using trickery to (force him) to drink water	144
	Chapter on bite of a tiger, cheetah (leopard, panther), lion and wounds of their claws (talons)	144
	Chapter on the bite of a crocodile (alligator, Caimar)	144
	Chapter on the bite of a monkey	144
	Chapter on the bite of a cat	144
	Chapter on the bite of a weasel	144
	Chapter on the bite of a Mustelidae	144
	Chapter on treatment	144
Treatise 5, on stings of insects and araneids (Araneida) and their bites
	Chapter on kinds of wild scorpions	145
	Chapter on what occurs due to their stings	145
	Chapter on treatment	145
	A good antidote prescription for them	145
	A good antidote for this	145
	Prescription of a military medicine	145
	Chapter on other potions	146
	Chapter on liniments and dressings	146
	Chapter on the [jarrara] (a kind of scorpion)	146
	Chapter on its treatment	146
	Its formulation	146
	Another antidote	146
	Chapter on kinds of spiders, tarantulus and araneids	146
	Chapter on someone exposed to a bite by araneids in general and in details	147
	Chapter on treatment	147
	A good antidote prescription	147
	Chapter on the rest of drinks (potions)	148
	Prescription of a tried antidote for that	148
	Chapter on liniments prescription and the like	148
	Prescription of a good dressing	148
	On lotions (ointments)	148
	on douching	148
	Chapter on tarantula and its treatment	148
	Chapter on spider and its treatment	148
	Chapter on two (animals) (mentioned by learned doctors)	148
	Chapter on another (animal) called [Mogrenita]	148
	Chapter on animalculi known as raza in persian and samlouky in Greek and taghanos in indian	148
	Chapter on its treatment	148
	Chapter on phtirius pubis (crab louse) and coccidium	149
	Chapter on vespa stings	149
	Chapter on treatment	149
	Chapter on bee stings and treatment	149
	Chapter on flying ants and something resembling them	149
	Chapter on geckos and lizard (lacerta)	149
	Chapter on Iula (Iulus), Scolopendra	149
	Chapter on Lacerta bite	149
	Chapter on treatment	149
	Chapter on ground and marine Iula (Iulus)(Avicenna says he doesn’t know them)	149
	Chapter on scorpaena (scorpion fish)	150
	Chapter on marine spider ( a kind of crab)	150
	Chapter on the bite of the marine red frog	150
	Chapter on a general treatment of poisonous marine vermines and pests	150
Part 7, On Cosmetics, 4 treatises
Treatise 1, On hair conditions and lichen
	Chapter on the substance of hair	150
	Chapter on the voidness of hair	150
	Chapter on medicines which preserve the hair	151
	Of the compounds	151
	Chapter on a medicine which preserves eyebrow hair (supercilia)	151
	Chapter on hair elongaters	151
	A good compound	151
	Another preparation attributed to Al-Kindi ( a doctor)	152
	Chapter on strong hair growers and it contains treatment of what could be treated regardingbaldness and falling of eyebrow hair and the like	152
	Also by [Korayten] ( a doctor)	152
	Also for the supercilia (eyebrows)	152
	A medicine which induces growth of eyebrows hair	152
	Chapter on what causes tinea (ringworm) and ophiasis	152
	Chapter on treatment	153
	A useful strong stain prescription	153
	Chapter on what shaves off the hair	153
	Chapter on treatment of someone burnt by lime (depilatory agent)	154
	Chapter on what cuts off the smell of the depilatory agent	154
	Chapter on anti-hair growers	154
	Chapter on hair curling (or curlers)	154
	Chapter on what causes lank hair	154
	Chapter on hair cleavage (breaking)	154
	Chapter on what causes the hair to become tenuous	154
	Chapter on youth (indicating black hair) and hoary (gray hair)	154
	Chapter on what slows down getting gray hair	154
	A good mild cream prescription	155
	Chapter on stains inhibiting (covering) gray hair	155
	A good ointment	155
	A good stain	155
	A good coating	155
	Chapter on mentioning dyes (dyestuffs, tinctures)	155
	Chapter on blackeners (henna and Indigo fera tinctoria)	155
	A good dye prescription	156
	Chapter on a praised boiled (cooked) (prescription)	156
	Chapter on (preparations for) turning blond (blondness) and the like	157
	A strong scarlet (dye)	157
	Chapter on whiteners	157
	Chapter on rectifying(hair) transformations which follow dying	157
	Chapter on lichen	157
	Chapter on treatment	157
	Chapter on soft lichen medicines, which don’t cause much burning	157
	Chapter on stronger lichen medicines	158
	Chapter on a medicine said to have been tried and found good	158
Treatise 2, On the conditions of the skin regarding color
	Chapter on causes for change in color	158
	Chapter on causes for the yellow color	158
	Chapter on things which improve color through glittering and reddening and soft clarity	158
	A good lotion	159
	A good overspread	159
	A strong overspread	159
	Chapter on protecting the skin from the sun, wind and cold	159
	Chapter on a hit- mark and black marks	159
	A good liniment for this	159
	Chapter on marks of ulcers and smallpox	159
	Chapter on degenerated (dead) blood and stain freckles and freckles	159
	This medicine is	160
	A good pill	160
	A good medicine for the wakeful	160
	Its formulation	160
	Chapter on tattoo and its treatment	160
	Chapter on redness and excessive redness (inflammatory appearance of the face)	161
	Chapter on vitiligo and white and black leukoderma	161
	Chapter on signs	161
	Chapter on treatment of black vitiligo	161
	A useful powder for it and for black leukoderma	161
	A good liniment prescription	161
	Chapter on treatment of vitiligo and leukoderma	162
	A tried preparation	162
	Indian liniment	162
	A liniment prescription with many components used forAl-Mu’tassem	163
	A good liniment for the wakeful	163
	A good mild liniment	163
	Also for Oribasius (a doctor)	163
	Another for Jibril (a doctor)	163
	A royal prescription	163
	A good liniment	163
	A tincture, we tried (ourselves)	163
	Another tincture	163
	Chapter on treatment of black leukoderma	163
Treatise 3, on what afflicts the skin, not in color
	Chapter on porrigo (ringworm, tinea) and erysipelas and bad porrigo and blackened ulcers	164
	chapter on treatment	164
	A good medicine prescription	164
	A very good medicine prescription	164
	Chapter on topical medicines for dry porrigo	164
	A prescription of a good medicine for the dry and dewy porrigo	164
	A very useful strong and tried medicine of ours	165
	Chapter on herpes (impetigo)	165
	Chapter on treatment of herpes	165
	Chapter on topical treatment	165
	A good medicine prescription	165
	From the compounds	165
	Chapter on white pustules	165
	Chapter on poser (scabies) and itch	165
	Chapter on treatment	166
	A good cooked (preparation)	166
	A good seed: Fumaria officinalis	166
	A good strong medicine for the chronic case	166
	Also a similar to this cream	166
	A good medicine	167
	A laxative medicine	167
	Chapter on hidroa	167
	Chapter on its treatment	167
	Chapter on night itching	167
	Chapter on treatment	167
	Chapter on wart (verruca), corns, and the like	168
	Chapter on treatment	168
	on a mild compound	168
	Chapter on corns	168
	Chapter on fissures on the skin and lip and extremities and all over the body skin	168
	Chapter on treatment of fissures in general	168
	Chapter on treatment of lip fissures	169
	Chapter on leg fissures	169
	Chapter on treatment	169
	A good treatment of ours (Aricenna)	169
	Chapter on the hand fissures	169
	Chapter on fissures between the toes	169
	Chapter on buttocks ulcers (due to lying down)(a disease in the buttocks)	169
	Chapter on bad odor of skin, folds, urine and feces	169
	Chapter on treatment of bad odor of skin in general	169
	Chapter on odor of the armpit and its treatment	170
	A good pill	170
	Chapter on a prescription of a powder which gives the body a sweet smell and is useful for those with hot temperaments	170
	Chapter on strong bad smell of excrement and flatulence and its treatment	170
	Chapter on the malodorous of urine	170
	Chapter on lice	170
	Chapter on treatment	171
	A good arrangement	171
Treatise 4, on states related to the body and extremities, it completes the book of cosmetic art
	Chapter on dowing away with being thin (emaciation)	171
	Chapter on treatment	171
	A good arrangement	172
	An arrangement by [Al- Kindi] ( a doctor)	172
	A good arrangement for emaciation	172
	A good arrangement for those having fever	173
	A miraculous medicine	173
	For those who feel cold	173
	Another known (medicine)	173
	A potion for them	173
	Its formulation	173
	Chapter on fattening each organ like the arm, or the leg or the lip or the nose or the foreskin or the penis	173
	Chapter on the disadvantages (defects) of obesity(overweight)	173
	Chapter on weight decrease (regimen)	174
	A prescription of a compound medicine	174
	A strong medicine	174
	Chapter on emaciating partial organs like the breast, the testicle, the arm the leg and the like	174
	Its formulation	174
	Chapter on whitlow (felon)	175
	Chapter on treatment	175
	A healing medicine for felon (whitlow)	175
	A good cream mentioned by (Foles)	175
	A cream having this prescription	175
	A good cream	175
	Chapter on onyxis (ingrowing nail) and breaking and cleavage and scabies of nails	175
	Chapter on contraction and arching (or curving) and leprosy which afflict the nail	175
	Chapter on treatment	176
	Chapter on tricks to pull out a nail which is bad in its form and color and other defects, to let grow a sane nail	176
	Chapter on taking care of a growing nail	176
	Chapter on leprosy on the nails	176
	Chapter on yellow color afflicting the nails	176
	Chapter on nail bruises (contuses)	176
	Chapter on clotted blood under the nail due to a bruise	176

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