Code of health of the School of Salernum / translated into English verse, with an introduction, notes and appendix by John Ordronaux.

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1870, ©1869
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Credit: Code of health of the School of Salernum / translated into English verse, with an introduction, notes and appendix by John Ordronaux. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    JHeai). O SWEETEST Mead! I yield myself to thee, Who cleansest chest and keepest bowels free ! Though Mead replies, I always cause regret Where'er I'm drank; still, Mead, I love thee yet; For fatal bleeding thou dost hinder often, And human voices lovest well to soften. (Coffee. COFFEE to some gives sleep, to some unrest, Headache relieves, and stomach when oppressed; Will monthly flow and urine too procure. Take it slow-roasted, each grain picked and pure. ®f ti)e mse of ISatfts. WOULDST thou have health ? Into disease ne'er fan? ■ • These precepts learn and promulgate to all. When fresh from sleep and fasting, drink thou not. Nor walk bareheaded in cold air or hot; Such things do harm in whatsoever spot. Headache, catarrh, ophthalmia and fresh wound, Surfeit, or when great summer heats abound On bathing put their veto most profound. Baths after meals make flesh, before, deplete. Wet baths will nourish; dry cause only heat.