. Annals of medical history. rvedpeaches and sugar of violets, avoiding pur-gatives. He made him drink a quart ofmilk a day. He was told to brush his headvigorously every morning with an ivorycomb and to give his extremities a vigorousrubbing. He also advised him to buy aclock. He allowed him only two meals a day—a breakfast and supper—and as a fatteningagent, he gave him 2 ounces of sugar water,dissolved in the broth of a young gave him cold-natured food which wouldresist the attraction of the hot brain. All this, it seems to me today, was very Incidentally, Cardan gave advice as to th
. Annals of medical history. rvedpeaches and sugar of violets, avoiding pur-gatives. He made him drink a quart ofmilk a day. He was told to brush his headvigorously every morning with an ivorycomb and to give his extremities a vigorousrubbing. He also advised him to buy aclock. He allowed him only two meals a day—a breakfast and supper—and as a fatteningagent, he gave him 2 ounces of sugar water,dissolved in the broth of a young gave him cold-natured food which wouldresist the attraction of the hot brain. All this, it seems to me today, was very Incidentally, Cardan gave advice as to the Arch-bishops social hygiene. De venere, ubi contingatnecesitas debit uti ea inter duos somnos, scilicet post good and modern treatment—no bleeding,no purgations, no polypharmacy. Theremust have been some sensible and practicalmasters of the medical art in those hygiene, diet, exercise, cold baths,rest, sleep—what more could Sir JamesMackenzie of London and St. Andrews havedone for an Archbishop today?. At any rate, the Archbishop beganspeedily to improve and Cardan to gethomesick. By September Cardan insistedon going home—and the Archbishop finallyconsented. He gave him 1800 gold crowns,much more money than was agreed upon,and many presents including a gold chainworth 125 crowns. He also promised towrite to Cardan in two years telling of his medicam nocteni, et melius est exercere earn ter insex diebus pro exempio ita ut singulis duobus diebussemel quam bis in una die. Ad varies morbos 215 celU bit in die cun aquj JtcoAa cum mo-dico lulcb : coQti , ibltni^iu a viiki. tuacuuiunes (acieiidz Jolutibui inllan-ubanptcfcmi medico[Lliiiijuaiiiut. In pdiicipiodoloie iiil.,iiiulupcreius lo-co hK cmpUltiuin ex ttibii^ pauibut aquz>qujtu patu aceci & faitucc fiumcuu dccod^it, qood mudcracc caUdum ap-pticecuiloco dolemi,donee vfqiiea^otaiqamque vel lex amoaeacur. U(m riacerapLlitamex tnbat panibusaquj: Sc quarur pnu aceti, Sc facioa lupi-iiniiiin q.
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