Of Medicine, in Eight Books

by Aulus Cornelius Celsus

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Preface
3. Preface
4. Chap. I. Rules for the Healthy
5. Chap. II. Rules for Valetudinary People
6. Chap. III. Some Observations Suited to New Incidents, and the Different Constitutions, Sexes, and Ages, and the Seasons of the Year
7. Chap. IV. Rules for Those That Have a Weakness in the Head
8. Chap. V. Directions for Those That Labour Under a Lippitude, Gravedo, Catarrh, and Disorders of the Tonsils
9. Chap. Vi. The Proper Regimen for People Liable to a Purging
10. Chap. VII. Rules for Those That Are Liable to a Pain of the Colon
11. Chap. VIII. Rules for One That Has a Weak Stomach
12. Chap. IX. Directions for Those That Are Liable to Pains of the Nerves
13. Chap. X. Directions in a Pestilence
14. Preface
15. Chap. I. Of the Different Seasons, Weather, Ages, Constitutions, and the Diseases Peculiar to Each
16. Chap. II. Of the Signs of an Approaching Illness
17. Chap. III. Good Symptoms in Sick People
18. Chap. IV. Bad Symptoms in Sick People
19. Chap. V. Signs of Long Sickness
20. Chap. Vi. The Symptoms of Death
21. Chap. VII. Of the Signs in Particular Diseases
22. Chap. VIII. What Symptoms Are Dangerous, or Hopeful in Particular Diseases
23. Chap. IX. Of the Cure of Diseases
24. Chap. X. Of Bleeding
25. Chap. Xi. Of Cupping
26. Chap. XII. Of Purging
27. Chap. XIII. Of Vomiting
28. Chap. XIV. Of Friction
29. Chap. XV. Of Gestation
30. Chap. XVI. Of Abstinence
31. Chap. XVII. Of Sweating
32. Chap. XVIII. Of the Different Kinds of Food and Drink
33. Chap. XIX. General Properties of Different Foods
34. Chap. XX. Of Things Containing Good Juices
35. Chap. XXI. Of Foods Containing Bad Juices
36. Chap. XXII. Of Mild and Acrid Things
37. Chap. XXIV. Of What Agrees with the Stomach
38. Chap. XXV. Of Things Hurtful to the Stomach
39. Chap. XXVI. Of Those Things, Which Occasion Flatulencies, and the Contrary
40. Chap. XXVII. Of Those Things Which Heat and Cool
41. Chap. XXVIII. Of What Is Easily Corrupted in the Stomach, and the Contrary
42. Chap. XXIX. Of What Opens the Belly
43. Chap. XXX. Of What Binds the Belly
44. Chap. XXXI. Of Diuretic Meats and Drinks
45. Chap. XXXIII. Of Those Things, Which Draw, Repel, or Cool, or Heat, or Harden, or Soften
46. Chap. I. General Division of Distempers
47. Chap. II. General Diagnostics of Acute and Chronic, Increasing and Declining Diseases; The Difference of Regimen in Each; And Precautions Necessary Upon the Apprehension of an Approaching Illness
48. Chap. III. Of the Several Kinds of Fevers
49. Chap. IV. Of the Different Methods of Cure
50. Chap. V. Particular Directions for the Giving of Food in the Different Species of Fevers
51. Chap. Vi. The Proper Times for Giving Drink to Persons in Fevers, and the Kinds of Aliment Suited to the Several Stages of the Distemper, Together with Some General Observations
52. Chap. VII. Of the Cure of Pestilential and Ardent Fevers
53. Chap. VIII. The Cure of a Semitertian
54. Chap. IX. The Cure of Slow Fevers
55. Chap. X. Remedies for the Concomitant Symptoms of Fevers
56. Chap. Xi. Remedies Against a Coldness of the Extremities Preceding a Fever
57. Chap. XII. The Cure of a Shuddering Before Fevers
58. Chap. XIII. The Cure of a Quotidian Fever,
59. Chap. XIV. The Cure of a Tertian Fever
60. Chap. XV. The Cure of a Quartan Fever
61. Chap. XVI. The Cure of a Double Quartan
62. Chap. XVII. The Cure of a Quotidian Arising from a Quartan
63. Chap. XVIII. Of the Several Kinds of Madness and Their Cure
64. Chap. XIX. Of the Cardiac Disorder and Its Cure
65. Chap. XX. Of the Lethargy, and Its Cure
66. Chap. XXI. Of the Several Species of the Dropsy and Their Cure
67. Chap. XXII. Of the Several Kinds of Consumption and Their Cure
68. Chap. XXIII. Of the Epilepsy and Its Cure
69. Chap. XXIV. Of the Jaundice and Its Cure
70. Chap. XXV. Of the Elephantiasis, and Its Cure
71. Chap. XXVI. Of Apoplectic Patients, and Their Cure
72. Chap. XXVII. Of the Palsy, and Its Cure
73. Chap. I. Of the Internal Parts of the Human Body
74. Chap. II. Of the Disorders of the Head, and Their Cure
75. Chap. III. Of the Diseases of the Neck, and Their Cure
76. Chap. IV. Of the Diseases in the Fauces, and Their Cure
77. Chap. V. Of the Disorders of the Stomach, and Their Cure
78. Chap. Vi. Of Pains of the Sides, and Their Cure
79. Chap. VII. Of a Peripneumony, and Its Cure
80. Chap. VIII. Of the Disease of the Liver, and Its Cure
81. Chap. IX. Of the Disorder of the Spleen, and Its Cure
82. Chap. X. Of the Diseases of the Kidneys, and Their Cure
83. Chap. Xi. Of the Cholera, and Its Cure
84. Chap. XII. Of the Coeliac Distemper of the Stomach, and Its Cure
85. Chap. XIII. Of the Distemper of the Small Gut, and Its Cure
86. Chap. XIV. Of the Disease of the Large Intestine, and Its Cure
87. Chap. XV. Of a Dysentery, and Its Cure
88. Chap. XVI. Of a Lientery, and Its Cure
89. Chap. XVII. Of Worms in the Belly, and Their Cure
90. Chap. XVIII. Of a Tenesmus, and Its Cure
91. Chap. XIX. Of a Simple Purging, and Its Cure
92. Chap. XX. Of the Diseases of the Womb, and Their Cure
93. Chap. XXI. Of an Excessive Discharge of Semen, and Its Cure
94. Chap. XXII. Of the Disease of the Hips, and Its Cure
95. Chap. XXIII. Of a Pain in the Knees, and Its Cure
96. Chap. XXIV. Of the Diseases in the Joints of the Hands and Feet, and Their Cure
97. Chap. XXV. Of the Treatment of Patients Recovering
98. Preface
99. Chap. I. Medicines for Stopping Blood
100. Chap. II. Agglutinants and Restringents
101. Chap. IV. Medicines for Opening Wounds
102. Chap. V. Cleansers
103. Chap. Vi. Corroding Medicines
104. Chap. VII. Eating Medicines
105. Chap. VIII. Caustics
106. Chap. Xi. Discutients
107. Chap. XV. Emollients
108. Chap. XVII. Of the Mixture of Simples; And of the Proportion of the Weights
109. Chap. XVIII. Of Malagmas
110. Chap. XIX. Of Plaisters
111. Chap. XX. Of Troches
112. Chap. XXI. Of Pessaries
113. Chap. XXII. Medicines Used Either in a Dry Form, or Mixed with Liquids
114. Chap. XXIII. Of Antidotes, and Their Uses
115. Chap. XXIV. Of Acopa
116. Chap. XXV. Of Catapotia
117. Chap. XXVI. Of Five Different Kinds of Disorders Incident to the Body; And of the Nature, Symptoms, and Cure of Wounds
118. Chap. XXVII. Of Wounds Caused by Bites; Poisons Taken Internally; And Burns
119. Chap. XXVIII. Of External Disorders Proceeding from an Internal Cause, and Their Cure
120. Chap. I
121. Chap. II. Of a Porrigo
122. Chap. III. Of the Sycosis
123. Chap. IV. Of Areae
124. Chap. V. Of Vari, Lenticulae, and Ephelides
125. Chap. Vi. Of the Disorders of the Eyes
126. Chap. VII. Of the Diseases of the Ears
127. Chap. VIII. Of the Diseases of the Nose
128. Chap. IX. Of the Toothach
129. Chap. X. Of the Diseases of the Tonsils
130. Chap. Xi. Of Ulcers of the Mouth
131. Chap. XII. Of Ulcers of the Tongue
132. Chap. XIII. Of Parulides and Ulcers in the Gums
133. Chap. XIV. Of an Inflammation of the Uvula
134. Chap. XV. Of a Gangrene of the Mouth
135. Chap. XVI. Of Parotid Swellings
136. Chap. XVII. Of a Prominent Navel
137. Chap. XVIII. Of the Diseases of the Private Parts
138. Chap. XIX. Of Ulcers in the Fingers
139. Preface
140. Chap. I. Of Contusions
141. Chap. II. Of the Operations Necessary in Suppurated Tumours
142. Chap. III. Of the Good or Bad Symptoms of Suppurations
143. Chap. IV. Of Fistulas
144. Chap. V. Of Extracting Weapons Out of the Body
145. Chap. Vi. Of a Ganglion, Meliceris, Atheroma, Steatoma, and Other Tubercles of the Head
146. Chap. VII. Of the Diseases of the Eyes, Which Are Cured by Manual Operations
147. Chap. VIII. Of the Operations Requisite in the Ears
148. Chap. IX. The Operation Necessary in a Want of Substance in the Ears, Lips, and Nose
149. Chap. X. Of the Extirpation of a Polypus in the Nose
150. Chap. Xi. Of the Chirurgical Cure of an Ozæna
151. Chap. XII. Of the Operations Requisite in the Mouth
152. Chap. XIII. Of the Bronchocele
153. Chap. XIV. Of the Operations Performed at the Navel
154. Chap. XV. The Method of Discharging the Water in Hydropick People
155. Chap. XVI. Of Wounds of the Belly and Intestines
156. Chap. XVII. Of a Rupture of the Peritonaeum
157. Chap. XVIII. A Description of the Testicles, and Their Diseases
158. Chap. XIX. General Directions for Operations in the Foregoing Diseases About the Testicles
159. Chap. XX. Of the Cure of a Rupture of the Intestine Into the Scrotum
160. Chap. XXI. Of the Cure of a Rupture of the Omentum Into the Scrotum
161. Chap. XXII. Of a Ramex in the Scrotum
162. Chap. XXIII. Of a Sarcocele
163. Chap. XXIV. Of a Ramex in the Groin
164. Chap. XXV. The Operations Requisite in the Disorders of the Penis
165. Chap. XXVI. Of the Operation Necessary in a Suppression of Urine, and Lithotomy
166. Chap. XXVII. Of a Gangrene After Cutting for the Stone
167. Chap. XXVIII. Of the Operations Required When a Membrane, or Flesh Obstructs the Vagina in Women
168. Chap. XXIX. The Method of Extracting a Dead Foetus Out of the Womb
169. Chap. XXX. The Operations Required in Diseases of the Anus
170. Chap. XXXI. Of Varices in the Legs
171. Chap. XXXII. Operations Required in Cohering and Crooked Fingers
172. Chap. XXXIII. Of the Operation Required in a Gangrene
173. Chap. I. Of the Situation and Figure of the Bones of the Human Body
174. Chap. II. General Division of Disorders in the Bones. Of a Blackness and Caries, and Their Treatment
175. Chap. III. Of the Use of the Modiolus and Perforator, and Other Instruments, Especially for the Bones of the Head
176. Chap. IV. Of Fractures of the Skull
177. Chap. V. Of Fractures of the Nose
178. Chap. Vi. Of Fractures of the Ears
179. Chap. VII. Of a Fractured Maxilla, Together with Some General Observations Relating to Fractures
180. Chap. VIII. Of a Fractured Clavicle
181. Chap. IX. Of Fractures of the Ribs and Spine
182. Chap. X. Of Fractures of the Humerus, Fore-Arm, Thigh, Leg, Fingers, and Toes
183. Chap. Xi. Of Luxations
184. Chap. XII. Of a Luxated Maxilla
185. Chap. XIII. Of a Luxation of the Head
186. Chap. XIV. Of a Luxation in the Spine
187. Chap. XV. Of a Luxation of the Humerus
188. Chap. XVI. Of a Luxation of the Cubitus
189. Chap. XVII. Of a Luxated Hand
190. Chap. XVIII. Of Luxations in the Palm
191. Chap. XIX. Of Luxated Fingers
192. Chap. XX. Of a Luxation of the Femur
193. Chap. XXI. Of a Luxation of the Knee
194. Chap. XXII. Of a Luxated Ancle
195. Chap. XXIII. Of Luxations in the Soles of the Feet
196. Chap. XXV. Of Luxations Attended with a Wound
197. Notes to Book I
198. Notes to Book II
199. Notes to Book III
200. Notes to Book IV
201. Notes to Book V
202. Notes to Book VI
203. Notes to Book VII
204. Notes to Book VIII

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