Code of Health of the School of Salernum; Translated Into English Verse, with an Introduction, Notes and Appendix (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...columba, Quiscula, vel merula, phasianus, ortygometra, Perdix, frigellus, otis, tremulus, amarcllus. I pisces sunt molles, magno corpore tolles, 'Si pisces duri, parvi sunt plus valituri. All things, indeed, it can dissolve, digest, For 'tis great Nature's sov'reign Alkahest.' Fountains whose currents flow toward the East, Give waters wholesome, both to man and beast. Fountains that look toward the sunny South, Unwholesome waters give to eveiy mouth. 28. (c)f Vtal. THE tender flesh of sucking calves, when sound, Doth in the richest nourishment abound. 29. CAPONS are sweet, stares, turtle-doves and fowls, Blackbirds, gay pheasants, flesh of horned owls; The partridge, chaffinch and the kingly quail, Amorous duck and tremulous wagtail. 3 WHEN fish are soft, the largest you should prize; When hard, most healthy those of smallest size. XXXI. Be Snguilla ct nonnifjit ctinm tie UTasco. VOCIBUS anguillae pravae sunt si comedantur--Qui physicam non ignorant, haec testificantur. Caseus, anguilla, nimis obsunt si comedantur, Ni tu saepe bibas, et rebibendo bibas. XXXII. Be Gtilii iJatusfue hi Vratrtfa. INTER prandendum sit saepe parumque bibendum. Si sumas ovum, molle sit atquo novum. XXXIII. Be gist's (et jFabi's). PISUM laudandum decrevimus ac reprobandum. Est inflativum cum pellibus atque nocivum, Pellibus ablatis sunt bona pisa satis. Additio ex Ed. Parisii, 1861.) Corpus alit faba, constringit cum cortice ventrem. Desiccat phlcgma, stomachum lumenquc relidit. Manducare fabam caveas, parit ilia podagram; Mundat, constipat, nee non caput aggravat, inll.it. Jus olerum, cicerumque bonum, substantia prava. 31 BY eating eels the human voice is hurt, As learned Doctors everywhere assert; But cheese with eels is worse than all, they say, Unless to.