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ALCHANCALON ANTIDOTUM.

Cum rheubarbaricis scrupulis tepidoque liquore

EnglishWith scruples of rhubarb and a warm liquor, 720 *Alchancalon* is beneficial for simple and double tertians, it resolves the burning heats of a febrile dyscrasia: it puts to flight the burnings of the liver, and jaundiced colors, cuts off the pain from the smoke of choler ascending to the head, cures dizziness, and restores vision.

Language
Latin
Date
19th century
Form
hexameter
Editorial status
Reviewed source page
Text
Source and English

Unit 1 · poem · hexameter · 10 lines

Latin

Block alignment is approximate: translation blocks are shown against their source line ranges, with untranslated gaps and overlaps surfaced rather than shifted into a verified line map.

Source lines 1-2

  1. 1

    Cum rheubarbaricis scrupulis tepidoque liquore

  2. 2

    Simplicibus triteis Alchancalon et geminatis

English · approximate

Approximate · fill pass

Anticipating, it removes the harms of future evil,

730 And breaks the sociable love of fever for the body. —

Source lines 3-8

  1. 3

    Confert, dyscrasiae febrilis caumata solvit:

  2. 4

    Ardores hepatis fugat, ictericosque colores,

  3. 5

    Ex fumo cholerae caput ascendente dolorem

  4. 6

    Amputat, et scotosim curat, visumque reformat.

  5. 7

    Quos, calida suadente crasi calidaque diaeta,

  6. 8

    Aestivi stimulo febris irritata caloris

English

No translation for source lines 3-8.

Source lines 9-10

  1. 9

    Temporibus calidis solito de more salutat,

  2. 10

    Providus absolvit huius medicaminis usus

English · approximate

Approximate · fill pass

With scruples of rhubarb and a warm liquor,

720 *Alchancalon* is beneficial for simple and double tertians, it resolves the burning heats of a febrile dyscrasia: it puts to flight the burnings of the liver, and jaundiced colors, cuts off the pain from the smoke of choler ascending to the head, cures dizziness, and restores vision.

725 Those whom, by the urging of a hot temperament and a hot diet, a fever provoked by the sting of summer heat greets in hot seasons in its customary manner, the prudent use of this medicament delivers

696) *Fleumaticis* π. — 699) *Yringus* π, Ls. — 701) *Si celer* Ls.; sic π. — 719) *Reubarbaricis* π. — 721) *Febrilia putat* G.; *febrilis* π; *febril'* μ.