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An Irish Materia Medica (Author: Tadhg Ó Cuinn)
subsection 289
289. Ydor: .i. an t-uisce & adeir Ipocras & Galienus co fuil se arna comhsuigiughadh o dha chail aenda .i. o fuaraideacht & o fliuchaideacht & nac tabair medugadh na oileamhaint don corp acht muna bia arna chomsuigiughadh maille re neitibh eli. Ata fritcathughadh aigi re gach uili ni ata maille re teasaideacht & re tirmaideacht & gac ni aga fuil an frithchathughadh so re teasaideacht & re tirmaideacht ni fedann se oileamhaint da tobairt don corp oir mar mucas an t-uisce an tene no mar mucas an t-soillsi an dorcact as mar sin mucas an t-uisce an teas nadura. Et
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as amlaidh ata an t-uisce co haenda & an corp comsuigighthe: ni hoiltear ni acht ona cosmaileas {ms folio 105b3} fein. Maseadh o nach fuil cosmhuileas ag an uisce risin corp ni hoiltear an corp uada amail adeir Galienus. Et gach ni comsuigighthe as aigi ata fas & foirbtiugadh & a contrara so ata isna neithib aenda, maseadh o ta an t- uisce aenndha ni hoiltear uadha. Da dearbad gurab ni aenda an t-uisce da reir Isac oir gac ni comsuigighthe adeir co fuil blas & baladh air & as follus nach fuil bias na baladh aran uisce, maseadh as ni aenda he.