A treatise on the small-pox and measles / by Abú Becr Mohammed ibn Zacaríyá ar-Rází (commonly called Rhazes) ; translated from the original Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill.
- Razi, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya, 865?-925?, 865?-925?
- Date:
- 1848
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A treatise on the small-pox and measles / by Abú Becr Mohammed ibn Zacaríyá ar-Rází (commonly called Rhazes) ; translated from the original Arabic by William Alexander Greenhill. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![(20.) As-S^her’ says :— Whenever ■with a continued fever there is a redness of the eyes and cheeks, itching of the nose, and hea-viness of the head, then either the Small- Pox or the Measles will shortly appear.** When the Small-Pox begins to make its appearance, you should endeavour to bring the eruption quickly to the surface, so as to prevent palpita- tion of the heart or sudden death; for which purpose you may give him the following mixture — [Form. 20.] Take of washed Lac, five drachms, Peeled Lentiles, seven drachms. Gum Tragacanth, three drachms ; Boil them in half a pint of water until the decoction is reduced to half the quantity; and give it the patient to drink. And take care^ not to open the patient’s bowels after the first week j hut let his food he astringent, such as lentiles Avith pomegranate water and vinegar. And when all the pustules are come out,® light a fire, if it he in the winter, vrith the wood of the tamarisk, oak, and vine; but in the summer the fire will not he necessaiy.” (21.) You should, however, fumigate his room with sanders, and spread the fioor with the tops of myrtle and willow, and the leaves of the pomegranate tree.® And when the desicca- tion of the pustules begins, sprinkle the patient with rice meal and millet meal,® and a httle saffron. (22.) I think that what has just been mentioned is useful in removing the marks of the Small-Pox; and it should he frequently applied to the face. If the nose is affected, apply to it wax dissolved in oil; and if the mouth, use mucilages.^ ‘ See below. Note CC. “ See above, § 19, and below, § 27. 3 See above. Form. 19, and below. Form. 23. See above, $ 2, and beloAv, $ 34. ® See above, $$ 4, 17, and below, §§ 32, 40. 6 The Arabic MS. (p. 88.1.13.) has Jdwashir, opoponax; but this is no doubt a mistake for Jdwars, millet. See above, § 4, and beloAv, § 32.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21301943_0118.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
