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 [by Sir J. Harington] / and an introduction by Sir Alexander Croke.

Date:: 1830

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 [by Sir J. Harington] / and an introduction by Sir Alexander Croke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE REGIMEN SANITATIS SALERNITANUM. Ovdev ovTiog ovde svKprjarov, ijjg i] TAjISjIS. Xenoph. CEco I. OF THE ANATOMY AND CONSTITUTION OF THE BODY. line Of the bones 254 Of the teeth 255 Of the veins 256 Of the humours— 257 Of the sanguine 260 Of the choleric 268 Of the phlegmatic 274 Of the melancholy 280 II. OF THE MEANS OF PRESERVING HEALTH. I. BY GENERAL RULES. At rising, to wash, walk, stretch, comb, and clean the teeth 10 Of cleanliness 10, 64 Of bathing 14, 234, 358, 362 \ ovhl KaXbv, dvOpojTcoig Iv II. BY ATTENTION TO THE SIX NON-NATURALS. 1. Of air and the seasons. line Of air 43 Of the four seasons 54, 350 2. Of exercise, motion, and rest. Exercise 357 •' Rest 363 Not to move after meals 230 To walk after dinner 14 3. Of sleep, and watching. Not to sleep at noon 5, 15 Not to sleep after meals 230 To procure sleep 199 Of watching 237, 245 4. Of repletion and evacuation. Not to retain evacuations 6 Not to retain wind 18 s$