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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    qdmdnna Qoo?? •. in 'ayna qdmdnna XIII, 3. We find this name in the forms qwdmdnna, qumdnna, but also qdmdnna. ' Sorcerer who makes people ill using philtres and poisons Guidi, col. 291; Baeteman, col. 378; KBT, 434; Worrell, in, 127; Strelcyn, Prieres, 339. Prescriptions against qumdnna are found in TT (MS C, ch. 14, 3, 4 ; 23, 6 ; 24, 3 ; MS D, ch. 193), see Strelcyn, Medecine, I, index to MS C, 752-3, where this term is wrongly translated as' brigands', and index to MS D, 780-1. Trzos,' List17, explains the qumdnna [sic] as a disease : ' The unconscious struggle of ego and super- ego in dreams. A person who has this ailment grinds his teeth in convulsion and talks loudly in his sleep. Biting one's tongue and lips is also observed '. qdtdlay «fM£ • XI, 4 e murderer ', cf. Worrell, in, 132. See above, mdqtul. qdyydh 4\£rh '• in 'aynd qdyydh XIII, 3 ' the [evil] eye of a White '. qdyydh, lit. ' red ', signifies a man of fair complexion in opposition to sdllim ' black' [see under barya sdllim]. qitpn <k<?*t: XVII, 34 'syphilis ', cf. Griaule, LR, §§ xcvu-civ, and TT 1163-78 in Strelcyn, Medecine, I, 516-23; Rodinson, §§ 23, 125. qoqolay « VI, 1 unidentified. qwdrsdt, qursdt <1>h:o> >, ** * II, 8; IV, 5; V, 8; VI, 1; VII, 6, 10; VIII, 3, 6 ; IX, 6, 13 ; X, 3 ; XI, 2 ; XIII, 2 ; XIV, 2 ; XVII, 31, 32, 34 ' colic ', cf. Worrell, in, 135; Strelcyn, Prieres, 331. For prescriptions, see TT 477-89 in Strelcyn, Medecine, I, 296-9. See also Rodinson, 35, 40, §§ 4, 48. qwdrtdmat «f>'CT<M- » II, 8; VI, 5; VII, 6, 10; IX, 12 (. . . «p^CTf ' h^ih * whi6ih i . . .), 13; XI, 2; XII, 1; XV, 1; XVII, 31, 34, 46 4 rheumatismcf. Worrell, in, 136; Strelcyn, Prieres, 331. For prescrip- tions, see TT 453-71 in Strelcyn, Medecine, i, 290-7. qwdsl «MA s XVII, 34 ' sore, gathering ', cf. Griaule, LR, § cix, and TT 962-75 in Strelcyn, Medecine, I, 456-61. sdbd' mdsdryan s a^wc^ ' I, 4; VIII, 1 ' magicians cf. mdsdryan, Strelcyn, Prieres, 337. sal : ' cough, tuberculosis ' XVII, 46, cf. Griaule, LR, § cxm, and TT 291- 320 in Strelcyn, Medecine, I, 252-7. sdytan ■ VI, 2; VIII, 3; X, 3 ' Satan', pi. sdytanat rt£«i<Mh * III, 2; VI, 1; VII, 9 ' devils '; also in 'aynd sdytan ' the [evil] eye of Satan' XIII, 3, cf. Worrell, in, 132; Strelcyn, Prieres, 330. sdqdssdqat txfyix&tfr « II, 8 ' disease of the bones or the periosteum ', Guidi, col. 166. Cf. Griaule, LR, §xcn. See also above fdrqdqat, synonym for ydbdgdd Sdqdssdqat. Sdra'el * XII, 1 and hraydl A : VI, 1. This name has probably to be corrected to sdr'el (the form sdra'el seems to be due to confusion with dsrael ' Israel'); in Tigre—beings (not demons !) encountered in rivers, especially at noon, and in desert places when one is walking alone. For details see Griaule, LR, 137-8; Rodinson, 38, 40, 119, § 128. hray £ * V, 6 ; VI, 3 ; VII, 1, 3 ; VIII, 8 ; IX, 1, 14; XVII, 46 ' charm, spell', cf. Worrell, in, 130. This term occurs many times in the titles of