Diexodus medica de hepatis

ruptures and cuts.

77. Therefore, having put aside the controversy over names, we shall consider primarily the diseases: what they are, how they are known, by what causes they are brought about, and by what method nature can be freed from them; and we shall begin with simple dyscrasias imbalances.

78. A warm dyscrasia imbalance of the liver without the influx of matter is a certain dyscrasia of the viscus, whence the blood becomes more bilious or scorched, and the whole body is ignited: it is diagnosed at once by heat, redness of the parts in the face and hands and feet, insatiable thirst, reddening urine, and offense taken from warm things.

79. If it increases, the body becomes yellow from the abundance of bile, and the excretions become black as the humors are scorched in the vessels. Diseases follow which arise from the putrefaction or scorching of the blood. At the extreme, if it worsens, the substance of the viscus itself, being liquified or putrefied, departs like shed blood.

80. Bodies are subject to this affection in which, by nature, age, diet, or way of life, this part has become warmer. Causes endowed with a similar force, both within and without, bring about the act, such as anything that inflames the blood.

81. A cold dyscrasia is a certain diminution of the innate heat, where the blood is frustrated in its proper cooking. This state is known by crude and pituito-so phlegmatic blood, whitening of the lips and tongue, a leaden color of the body, and more watery urine; there is an intense appetite without thirst. If the affection proceeds further, the systasis composition/consistency of the blood becomes thinner, whence there is a flux through the bowels like meat-washings, or even a fever, if the blood is deprived of its own heat and occupied by another.

82. Bodies subject to this are those of more advanced age.