... Disputatio De pleuritide

to 10 ounces of oil of violets and 1 ounce of linseed oil each, which may be applied on alternate days.

XXV.

Purgatives, however, are not to be admitted here except at the end.

XXVI.

Specifics may be applied to the disease itself: water of red poppy, up to 3 or 4 ounces, with 1 drachm of powder of red coral, the jaw of a pike, and red filberts, etc. Oil of linseed in water of scabious or coltsfoot. If the affliction persists beyond the third day, a sudorific may be given; among these, a hollowed apple filled with 1 drachm of powdered frankincense, roasted and consumed, is recommended, drinking over it 3 ounces of water of blessed thistle, and others.

XXVII.

To divert heat, fomentations, frictions, and ligatures of the extremities are also suitable; frictions may be performed with Mithridatium dissolved in vinegar, as well as with other substances that draw out heat.

XXIIX.

But if it comes to suppuration, then nature must be assisted with internal and external pus-movers; the method by which the pus is to be evacuated is declared in the doctrine of empyema.

XXIX.

And this regarding true Pleurisy. Now, a very few notes on the species: For inflammation in the external muscles of the thorax, venesection may likewise be applied; then, to evacuate the matter from the part, scarified cupping glasses [should be used], and the remaining cure should be instituted as in other phlegmon.

XXX.

If it has its origin from phlegm, then first in the whole body, provided that preparation has preceded it, with a phlegmagogue