ERIC ELSHTAIN |
| Fragment Eight “A Reply to the Empiric [School on Lethargy]” In their treatise On Lethargies and Their Causesb they prescribed very sharp potions and constant rubbing...The jelly fish, yes, is 97.5% water particularly the inflamed membranes (of the) head, the constant even more serious mistake in failing to give any treatment for the head, where, in their opinion, the cause (of the) disease lies. ...sternutatories they do not make clear of what. The ear is associated with using one’s brains. The face may represent a person as is stressed or might be painted for celebrations, but we see no indications that our age ceremonies are aetiologically related—per Dnal-Gne—to lethargies, especially (of the) kind found in water(?) a token of decency(?)... Certain writers of our sect employ a decoction of blue-estness.c Thessa errs. ...of fluid is contra- indicated in powdered form with woolen cloths. Ashes, acrid cumin, ... : the beginning to the end of the disease. .................................................................................................................................... Thessa errs. Lethargy is associated with hollow places. Most people who evidently may be on the verge of lethargy speak of no danger, account for large increases and loss of speed with a stretch of their legs as if about to wake from a sleep or ... the size of the pulse without loss of speed. |