Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn.

  • Stefan Strelcyn
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[1972]
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Credit: Catalogue of Ethiopian manuscripts of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London / [compiled] by Stefan Strelcyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mdtat TP* s XII, 1; mat'at 9°*h* ' IX, 13; mdthat 9°*<h* : II, 8 ; VII, 6. See above: mdc. murt in ydmurt fa^CT ' XVII, 46 c for [the disease] of the genitalssee above: dskit. On the synonymy of the Qd'dz dskit and the Amh. murt, see Strelcyn, Medecine, I, 87. mwartdnna XC-l^ * ' diviner' in 'ayna mwartdnna 1 the [evil] eye of the diviner ' XIII, 3. Cf. Worrell, in, 127 (wrongly translated as ' prophet'); Guidi, col. 66 ; Baeteman, col. 149 ; Strelcyn, Prieres, 337. naddra : II, 4; nadira : V, 5; ndddra : XVII, 31, cf. Worrell, in, 131 (a^Jl). The variant naddra is also found. Proper name of the evil eye, used in the legend concerning the witch seen by the Apostles on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. See Strelcyn, BN-Griaule, index, 266. Identified with 'ayna wdrq [see above] and 'ayna sdlawdgi [see below] in II, 4. Explained simple as ' evil eye ' 'aynat dkuy in MSS Eth. 436, 3 ; 439, 2 ; 459, 4 ; 469, 8 ; 528, 6; 538, 3 of the BN. Identified with other diseases as well: 'ayna wdrq, sdla wagi, dga sabs', zar, gargari, etc.) in several other MSS belonging to the same collection. ndgargar ViCPC « V, 3 ; XII, 1, cf. Worrell, in, 134; Strelcyn, Prieres, 333, and p. 45, n. 1, giving the characteristics of the spirit by aldqa Gassasa (MDD cards): ' ndgargar—for [Amh.] gargari. wullug of a ganen [see below, zar wullug']. The same as the 'ayna tela [see above]. Prevents business from being concluded. Wherever he goes he walks on the stones in order not to leave any trace. Does not attack people physically. Prevents possessed persons from declaring the name of the possessing zar and makes the sick person recoil from the ddbtdra. Closes the mouth of the zar . Prevents the making of gifts '. c Paralysis, a kind of epilepsy' (Grebaut, 333, after Juste d'Urbin). Prescriptions against this disease in TT, MS D, ch. 153, see index of the MS D in Strelcyn, Medecine, i, 776-7. ndhabi W(l : V, 6; VIII, 9; XII, 1; XIII, 3; XVI, 5 £ blacksmith', f. ndhabit Md* * XII, 1; XIII, 3 ; pi. ndhabt VfMl* : VII, 6 ; XIII, 3 ; XVI, 2, cf. Worrell, in, 127 ; Strelcyn, Prieres, 340. Cf. rg W-n* * '300 blacksmiths' belonging to the army of ddsk, in Samuel de Dabra Wagag, p. 26, 1. 16. nddad 7^ -V,6; IX, 13 ; XII, 1; XVII, 31, 32, 34 ' malarial fever ... (in Tigre signifies fever in general)', Guidi, col. 395; c (1) fever, (2) (Gondar) malaria ', Baeteman, col. 517. For prescriptions against nddad see Griaule, LR, § lxiv; TT 1096-1105 (Strelcyn, Medecine, i, 492-5). ndddft *>£-<8>r : XII, 1 4 a kind of disease (of horses and mules) Guidi, col. 396 ; Worrell, in, 136; Strelcyn, Prieres, 332, and Medecine, I, 366-7 (TT 738). TT 727 (Medecine, i, 362-3) shows that this disease also attacks cows; this is also true for human beings, see TT, MS D, ch. 163 (index to MS D, Medecine, I, 778-9). qawza &(D°n •. VI, 1 name of a ' king of devils', cf. Worrell, ill, 129 (qawezo, qaweza), related to mdqdwze [see above].