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Hippocrates, Diseases 3. Internal Affections. Regimen in Acute Diseases

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φθίσις	Consumption
φλέγμα λευκόν	White Phlegm
φλεγμασίη	Phlegmasia
φονώδης	Malignant Disease
φρενῖτις	Phrenitis
φύγετρον	Panus
φῦμα	Tubercle
χοιράδες	Scrofula
χολᾶν	Bile, suffer from
χολέρη	Cholera
ψώρη	Psora

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Index of Foods and Drugs¹

Acorn, βάλανος, fruit of the oak, Quercus Robur: C13
All-heal, πάνακες, Ferulago galbanifera: F34
All-heal juice, χαλβάνη: F30, F34
Almond, ἀμυγδάλη (= κάρυον Θάσιον), fruit of the Prunus Amygdalus: C64, D11, D15, F63
Angel-fish, ῥίνη, Squalus squatina: E1, E12 bis, E49
Anise, ἄννισον, Pimpinella Anisum: D11
Apple, μῆλον: D17, F53
Aristolochia, ἀριστολοχία, Aristolochia rotunda: D16, E23
Arsenic, red, σανδαράκη, As₂S₂: C14
Asphalt, ἄσφαλτος: D10
Asphodel, ἀσφόδελος, Asphodelus ramosus: C38, E30
Ass, ὄνου κρέας: E6, E22

¹Two comprehensive studies of Hippocratic materia medica are: J. H. Dierbach, Die Arzneimittel des Hippokrates, Heidelberg, 1824; R. Von Grot, “Über die in der hippokratischen Schriftensammlung enthaltenen pharmakologischen Kenntnisse” in Historische Studien aus dem Pharmakologischen Institute der Kaiserlichen Universität Dorpat, I. 58–133, Halle, 1889.> Also important for Greek materia medica are: Dioskurides, Arzneimittellehre . . . übersetzt und mit Erklärungen . . . von J. Berendes, Stuttgart, 1902; D’Arcy W. Thompson, A Glossary of Greek Birds, Oxford, 1936, and A Glossary of Greek Fishes, London, 1947. Dioscurides is quoted from the edition of M. Wellmann, Berlin, 1906–14.

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