Innsbrucker Arzneibuch

etfac pulverem et da ovibus tuis· equis quibus vermes nocent· liga circa collum

and make a powder, and give it to your sheep. For horses that worms harm: tie around the neck

unum os mortui equi· statim vermes moriuntur· quem vermis mordet·

a bone of a dead horse; at once the worms die. For one whom a worm bites:

adiutorium nostrum· in· nomine· domini· qui· fecit· caelum· et· Christus inpetra sedebat· et virgam

“Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and [earth].” Christ was sitting on a stone and held a rod

in manu tenebat et dixit· domine si vermes isti sunt vivi· moriantur· et si mortui

in his hand and said, “Lord, if these worms are alive, let them die; and if dead,

exeant foras· nonne eo meatu perangelum maiestatis plus escare

let them come out; may they feed no more in that passage, by the angel of majesty.”

canta· pater noster· tribus vicibus· etdic· domine libera servum istum vel ancillam· N.· vone [deme]

Sing the Our Father three times, and say: “Lord, free this servant or handmaid N. from [the]

wurme cancro et talpone. et omnibus vermibus· wurm ichgebiute dir [bî] gotes

worm, from canker and talpo, and from all worms. Worm, I command you [by] God's

worten et sancti Jop unde sîner heiligen kinde· daz dûdisen man vel. dises

words and [those] of Saint Job and his holy children, that you bite this man or this

wîbes mêrenbîzest· noch tages· noch nahtes· contra cadentem

woman no more, neither by day nor by night.” Against the falling

morbum· tolle hirundines denido· et capita eorum abscide· et misce album

sickness: take swallows from the nest, and cut off their heads, and mix white

tus cum eo sanguine unz izwerde alsô dicke· sôder teic· welliz alzesamene·

frankincense with that blood until it becomes as thick as dough; roll it all together,

et dum primum luna crescat vel decrescat da at bibendum· vüre

and when the moon first waxes or wanes, give it to drink. For

die gelwen suht· siut die heiternezzelen cumradice et da sibi at

jaundice: boil the stinging nettle with the root and give it him to

bibendum· novem dies una die ein leffel· in· II.· die· II· in III. die· III allertagelîche

drink for nine days: on the first day one spoonful, on the 2nd day 2, on the 3rd day 3, each day

eines mêre· in nono die novem sibi da· nim die egedehsen

one more; on the ninth day give him nine. Take the lizard

unde lege sie viventem infirmo super umbilicum et liga omnis morbus

and lay it alive on the sick person's navel and bind [it]; all the sickness

qui est inaegro der kumet indie egedehsen· si infirmus· subito obmutescat·

that is in the patient goes into the lizard. If a sick person suddenly falls dumb,

sô siut die poleien inaceto et pone ande· nares eius statimque loquitur·

boil pennyroyal in vinegar and hold it to his nostrils, and at once he speaks.

qui infirmatur inder blâtern nec possit urinam solvere· bibat

One who is sick in the bladder and cannot pass urine, let him drink