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[...people], when heated and exhausted, must not lie down or sit in the open air, by day or by night, nor in a cold and damp place; they must change their sweat-drenched clothes immediately, and not go outside at night thinly clad. 2. They must beware of heavy or spoiled foods, which are very harmful both to the sick and to the healthy. Although the moderate use of ripe fruits is beneficial to healthy persons—because it purges the corrupted bile and protects [them] from this sort of disease—the sick person, however, must not be permitted to eat [them] until he has completely recovered; but unripe fruit is generally harmful to everyone. 3. One stricken with this affliction must be removed from healthy persons and kept in a separate room; the air of his bedchamber must be frequently refreshed by opening the window or the doors. 4. If the patient has no appetite for food, and his tongue is coated with yellow bile, his stomach is nauseated, or he vomits, they must administer medicine Number 2, or 3, or 38. Even if the patient’s bowels are moving without medicine, the use of purgatives is nevertheless beneficial; for by further expelling the corrupted and foul bile, it will not deprive the patient of his strength, but rather will relieve him and establish his strength. If the patient has severe bellyache and griping of the bowels, they must make [him] drink boiled marshmallow water (see Number 37), and administer an enema ([that is], a clyster) three or four times a day (see Number 39), mixing into the enema one spoonful of finely ground flaxseed [?], and apply the medicines written above until the symptoms of the illness diminish and the patient has restful sleep. 119. They must feed [him] a soup of well-cooked rice or groats with a little butter or good [olive] oil, as well as the cooled broth of well-boiled calf’s or sheep’s trotters. 120. In place of water, they should have [him] drink chamomile flower water, or a decoction of marshmallow root, or the well-boiled and strained water of groats. On the contrary, heating and fortifying things are harmful; for example: wine, arak, cinnamon tea, nut[meg...]

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