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An Irish Version of Gualterus de Dosibus (Author: Walter de Agilon/Galterius Agilinus)

paragraph 22

Dosage determined by the nobility of the efficacy: much more of it should be put into the medicine in that case, than when its efficacy is ignoble. Efficacy of the medicine is called noble when the principal or noble members are strengthened, as in the case of emerald in strengthening the heart and galangal in strengthening the stomach, and spodium.6 in strengthening the liver. Therefore, it is necessary to put much of these into the composite medicine.