Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, a poem on the preservation of health in rhyming Latin verse : addressed by the school of Salerno to Robert of Normandy, son of William the Conqueror, with an ancient translation / and an introduction and notes by Sir Alexander Croke.
- Date:
- 1830
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum, a poem on the preservation of health in rhyming Latin verse : addressed by the school of Salerno to Robert of Normandy, son of William the Conqueror, with an ancient translation / and an introduction and notes by Sir Alexander Croke. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![to not eating a goose on those days, Villa Nova supposes it to Le derived from some Jewish superstition, and that the pro- scribed days may be as good for bleeding as any others, if the stars are favourable. 1. 316. Etfastiditi, if the stomach is squeamish. 1. 319. Oiling and rubbing the part, or the lancet, or the wound. Drinking wine to promote the flow of blood, bathing the fillet, gentle motion. 1. 340. Cepha : by apocope for K£(()aXr]. 1. 342. SalvateUa is a branch of the axillary vein, passing over the back of the hand, between the ring finger and middle finger, according to Villa Nova. The benefit of bleeding this vein was much recommended by Avicenna, and the other Ara- bian physicians. 1. 349. Morella is solanum hortense, garden nightshade. Istud idem dicunt capitis sedare dolorem. Macer, N°. 67. 1. 350. Siccant for siccescant, grow dry.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21969012_0232.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
