02489cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000060010610000210011224500560013326400510018930000470024033600260028733700260031333800360033950000310037550802060040652012620061253400820187465300130195665300300196965300190199970000310201885600590204985600430210870532UtSlPG20260610134630.0mcr n260607r20231844utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aR1 aPaulus, Aegineta14aThe seven books of Paulus Ægineta, volume 2 (of 3) 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2023  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2023-04-13  aTim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)  a"The Seven Books of Paulus Ægineta, Volume 2" by Francis Adams is a scientific publication written during the mid-19th century. This work serves as a translation of a classical medical text, originally authored by Paulus Ægineta, and encompasses a comprehensive commentary that showcases the medical knowledge of the Greeks, Romans, and Arabians concerning various aspects of medicine and surgery. The focus of this volume includes discussions on ailments such as elephantiasis, leprosy, and other skin conditions, reflecting the historical context of ancient medical practices.  The opening of the volume introduces the fourth book, beginning with a detailed examination of elephantiasis, a chronic and often incurable disease. It outlines the origins and symptoms of the disease, emphasizing its severity and the challenges in treating it. The text provides various treatment methods, including bloodletting, purging with specific remedies, and dietary practices that may help alleviate the condition at its onset. The commentary also references various ancient and contemporary medical sources, illustrating a blend of inherited wisdom and prevailing beliefs about contagious diseases and their treatments. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited Kingdom: Printed for the Sydenham Society, 1844  aMedicine  aMedicine, Greek and Roman  aMedicine, Arab1 aAdams, Francis,d1796-18614 uhttps://archive.org/details/sevenbooksofpaul02pauluoft40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70532