De resolutione theses

[...]; roast or fried meat of chickens, thrushes, or mountain birds, seasoned with spices and salt, etc. Fish, milk, seasonal fruits, and all cold and moist things should be avoided. Their drink should be very sparing, and they should tolerate thirst as much as they are able; let them drink a decoction of anise, fennel, and cinnamon (provided nothing hinders it) rather than wine—especially strong wine, which is hostile to the nerves and easily stirs up the fluxes that must be diligently guarded against here. Some prescribe a decoction of Guaiacum in place of wine, and not without good reason.

XX.

Sleep should be moderate and take place at night. Movement and exercise before meals are very beneficial here; in their place, if the sick are unable to exercise themselves, it is appropriate to prescribe frictions. Likewise, customary evacuations that do not occur spontaneously should be promoted; and all things—both those to be consumed and those to be done—should dry and warm, yet in such a way that those which warm powerfully at the beginning are not used rashly.

XXI.

After the diet has been established, if plethora is present, or if humors are still flowing toward the affected parts, some blood may be let, provided nothing impedes it, so that the plethora may be diminished, or the humors about to flow to the affected part may be drawn elsewhere.

XXII.

Hence, so that the peccant matter may be prepared for evacuation, we shall descend to those things that are endowed with the faculty of cleansing, attenuating, and incising; many of these indeed occur everywhere, which can be provided partly in foods and partly exist as medicinal preparations, such as distilled waters, various decoctions, Byzantine syrup, syrup of the five roots, Stoechas, honey of roses, Anthos, etc. Meanwhile, it must be diligently guarded against that we do not use only vinegar in this disease, as it is hostile to the nerves. Furthermore, in these, just as also in evacuants, we must always begin from the milder ones, and progress gradually to the stronger.

XXIII.

Once the humors are prepared for expulsion, we shall attempt to evacuate them with suitable medicines, repeated several times, such as Agaric troches, the electuary Diaphoenicon, Indian [medicine],