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

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DETERMINATIO DE MEDICINIS simplicibus laxativis et de dosi earum et cetera: i.e. having spoken of the laxative simples and of their doses it is meet to speak of the laxative and digestive compounds

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and of their doses. Take note that there are four necessary conditions for purging the evil humor. Of these conditions the first is: to choose the medicines by which it will be purged. The second condition: to observe the period of the digestion of the humor. The third condition: to observe the quantity of the humor and of theevacuation. The fourth condition: to observe the member where the evil humor is located. To continue, I say that it is necessary first for the physician to choose the medicine. There are two medicines: digestive and laxative. Because it is proper to administer the digestive sooner than the laxative, it is proper for that reason to speak of it first.