"Tacuinum Sanitatis", Oranges
Entitled: "Nature: The pulp is cold and humid in the third degree, the skin is dry and warm in the second. Optimum: Those that are perfectly ripe. Usefulness: Their candied skin is good for the stomach. Dangers: They are difficult to digest. Neutralization of the Dangers: Accompanied by the best wine." The Tacuinum Sanitatis is a medieval handbook based on the Taqwim as-sihhah, an 11th century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. Listing its contents organically rather than alphabetically, it sets forth the six essential elements for well-being: sufficient food and drink in moderation, fresh air, alternations of activity and rest, alternations of sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, and finally the effects of states of mind. In addition to its importance for the study of medieval medicine, the Tacuinum is also of interest in the study of agriculture, cooking and society. Each scene is accompanied by a brief summary of the health aspects of the subject. From the Tacuinum of Rouen, 15th century.
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