Physiologia Medica

On Intestinal Gas original: "Flatu ventris".
On Hemorrhoids.
Chap. 50. On the Increase and Fattening of the Body.
Chap. 51. On the making of Fates likely referring to "fetification" or the formation of the fetus.
On the Conception of the fetus.
On the Gestation of the Womb.
On Birth or Parturition.
On Lactation.
Chap. 52. On the Pulsation of the Arteries.
On the differences of Pulses.
Chap. 53. On Respiration.
On the Differences of Respiration.
Chap. 54. On Perturbations or Affections of the mind.
Chap. 55. On Waking.
Chap. 56. On Sleep.
Chap. 57. On Sensation.
On Vision.
On Hearing.
On Smell.
On Taste.
On Touch.

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BOOK

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FIRST BOOK

Explaining the
MEDICAL STAGES.

CHAPTER I.

The establishment of the Medical Stages.

A decorative initial V contains a small human face, surrounded by traditional floral patterns. SINCE we have undertaken the duty of teaching Medicine, lest we seem to approach this sacred Art with unwashed hands, we will first set forth certain things by way of initiation, as if they were protēleia preliminary rites. According to Hippocrates, there are two things by which the Universe consists and is governed: physis Nature and nomos Law. The former belongs to God the Creator, from whom and because of whom all things absolutely exist. The latter belongs to Man, easily the leader among all Creatures, since according to Aristotle, all things exist in a certain way because of him. Certainly, all human knowledge, since it is a function of the human Mind, ought to be an imitator of the functions of the divine Mind. For this reason, Pythagoras wished to call it "Philosophy" first, as if it were a philēsin kai mimēsin loving and imitation of eternal wisdom original: "sophia". Therefore, just as the effects of God, who is truly one through himself, are ta onta the things that exist—all the remaining Beings, which Hippocrates called "sprouts of nature