Bamberger Arzneibuch ['Arzenîbuoch Ipocratis' (B)]

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sîne buoche legen in sîn grap under sîn houbet

his books to be laid in his grave under his head.

dârnâch über lanc vuor ein keiser dâvüre. unde

Long afterwards an emperor passed by there, and

verwânteinen daz michel schatz dâinne wære. dô

supposed that great treasure was inside. Then

hiez er daz [grab] [offenen] unde vande dâr inne

he had the [grave] [opened], and found in it

[ein] buoch alle sîne arzâtîe dônam er daz buoch unde

[a] book, all his medicine. Then he took the book and

newolte ez niemanne geben. newære deme arzâte.

would give it to no one except the physician

Promodosio. dô er daz buoch ersuohte dô vant er allerêreste

Promodosius. When he searched the book, he found first of all

dâr ane umbe den houbetsweren in [dise] wîs. swie der

in it, concerning headache, [this] manner: When a

mennische habet [den] sweren. unde [die] geswulst in deme

person has [the] ache and [the] swelling in the

antlitze âne den huosten unde ob [er] [die] winsteren hant dicke

face without the cough, and if [he] often lays [the] left hand

leget zuo dere brüste [unde] [obe] [er] [di] nase dicke jucket [sô] stirbet

on his breast, [and] [if] [he] often scratches [his] nose, [then] he dies

er in deme ·XX·III· [tage] swie deme manne der dâr ist

on the 23rd [day]. When, in the man who is

freneticus. rôtent beide [die] kinne mit dere dicke geblæsede.

phrenetic, both [the] cheeks redden, with frequent panting,

undeniwet verdöuwen mac sô stirbet er in deme

and he cannot digest, then he dies on the

·VIIII· tage. dise passio [habet] vile dicke die kalten sudores.

9th day. This disorder very often [has] the cold sweats

unde die kalten ôren joch die kalten zene. swelichen

and the cold ears and the cold teeth. Whoever

swerent die halsâderen unde ober ist alsô der toup

has aching neck veins, and if he is as one who

sî undeobeimewirret der wîze vlecke obe mit den anderen

is deaf, and if the white spot troubles him, or the other

vlecken. unde ober geret des warmen bades obe des sweizes. sô

spots, and if he craves the warm bath or sweating, then

stirbet er in deme ·L· tage incipit liber Ipocratis

he dies on the 50th day. Here begins the book of Hippocrates.

hier beginnet daz arzetbuoch Ipocratis daz [er] habet geschriben

Here begins the medical book of Hippocrates, which [he] wrote

[wider] allen den sühten diedâr mügen erwahsen in

[against] all the sicknesses that can arise in

allen den mennischlîchen liden. at dolorem capitis

all the human limbs. For pain in the head.

driu mez des wînes. unde siut ez in eineme niuwen havene. unte

three measures of wine, and boil it in a new pot, and

lâzez erküelen. unde gip ez deme siechen drî tage sô er vaste.

let it cool, and give it to the sick person for three days while he is fasting,

unde heiz in sich ergân dâr nâch item at splen.

and tell him to walk about afterwards. Item, for the spleen:

nim die mittelen rinden dere salhewîden eine hant vol

take the middle bark of the sallow, a handful,

unde siut si in eineme niuwen havene mit deme virnen

and boil it in a new pot with last year's

wîne biz zedeme dritten teile undedrückeez vile wole

wine down to the third part, and press it very well

ûz unde gip ez drîtage deme daz milze swiret. obe

out, and give it for three days to the one whose spleen aches. If

dû diz dârane wollest versuochen. sô gip ez eineme

you want to test this, give it to a

swîne ze trinken under anderhalp engegen die wunde.

pig to drink, and on the other side, opposite the wound,

daz schoz gêt dâr ûz at vulnus sanandum

the shot [the arrowhead] comes out. For healing a wound.

ze dere wunden. nim die gepulverete bungen unde sæje

For the wound: take powdered bunge and sprinkle

ez über die wunden. sô heilet siu. diz selbe krût gip deme

it over the wound, and it heals. Give this same herb to the

gewundeten trinken ob er ez spîwet sô stirbet er.

wounded man to drink; if he vomits it, he dies.

diz ist ein wunderlich pulver ze heilene die wunden. item

This is a wonderful powder for healing wounds. Item,

nim mirram. wîrouch. mastice. harz bech. ôrgemint. halgalia.

take myrrh, frankincense, mastic, resin, pitch, ôrgemint, halgalia,