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

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The quantity of the quality of the degree: for should the humor, indeed, be hot it is proper to administer for it a medicine that is contrary in quality and degree; and should the humor be cold it is proper to administer for it a hot medicine of the degree in which it is.

The fifth condition which must be observed in purging the humor: the place where it is located. Should it be at the cardiac orifice it is proper to purge it by vomiting, and should it be in the fundus of the stomach, or in the intestines it is proper to purge it with a laxative. And so on for the other places, it being proper to purge them through convenient regions.