53
Those persons to whom it is beneficial to have blood taken from their veins, should have it done in spring.
54
In those cases where phlegm is collected between the diaphragm and the stomach, and occasions pain, as not finding a passage into either of the cavities, the disease will be carried off if the phlegm be diverted to the bladder by the veins.
55
When the liver is filled with water and bursts into the epiploon, in this case the belly is filled with water and the patient dies.
56
Anxiety, yawning, rigor,-wine drunk with an equal proportion of water, removes these complaints.
57
When tubercles (phymata) form in the urethra, if they suppurate and burst, the pain is carried off.
58
In cases of concussion of the brain produced by any cause, the patients necessarily lose their speech.
59
In a person affected with fever, when there is no swelling in the fauces, should suffocation suddenly come on, and the patient not be able to swallow, except with difficulty, it is a mortal symptom.
59a
In the case of a person oppressed by fever, if the neck be turned aside, and the patient cannot swallow, while there is no swelling in the neck, it is a mortal sign.
60
Fasting should be prescribed the those persons who have humid flesh; for fasting dries bodies.
61
When there are changes in the whole body, and the body becomes sometimes cold and sometimes hot, and the color changes, a protracted disease is indicated.
