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Introduction
Medical Treatise On Remedies. The subject of this volume or section of the work was ‘plasters’ (Fr. 6.3 [περὶ] καταπλασμάτων). Several medical writers of the appropriate period (1st–2nd cent. AD) are accredited with wholly or partially lost works bearing the title Peri boêthêmatôn, i.e. Antyllos (2nd cent. AD), a doctor of the pneumatic school called Herodotus (late 1st cent AD), Soranus (around 100 AD) and Athenaeus of Attaleia (1st cent. BC or about 50 AD). The papyrus, written on the recto, consists of six fragments drafted in a careful handwriting. It has become dark brown in places and only Fr. 1 is still quite light and smooth. No punctuation marks are visible apart from a colon after -οτες in Fr. 3.4 and a kind of mark above omega at line beginning in Fr. 5.8. Each line consists of sixteen or seventeen letters and sometimes letters are crowded at line end together for justifying the column. Fr. 6 contains the end of a book.
(This papyrus has been digitally edited by Andrea Bernini as part of the Project "DIGMEDTEXT - Online Humanities Scholarship: A Digital Medical Library based on Ancient Texts" (ERC-AdG-2013, Grant Agreement no. 339828) funded by the European Research Council at the University of Parma (Principal Investigator: Prof. Isabella Andorlini). The digital edition is mostly based on the previous edition (W.D. Furley, GMP II 3).)
1[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]υ καταπλ̣[α]
[ -1-2- ] ̣[ ̣]τ̣ος(*) δυσαρεσ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ -1-2- ] ̣νεργον(*)εργον τηδεδ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ -1-2- ]ων(*) ἡμερῶν πρ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣](*)
5[σι]κύας προσφέρει̣[ν -ca.?- ]
[κ]αταπλάττειν [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ἐ]πικαταπλαττ[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
[ ̣]ων(*) γὰρ τῶν σω[μάτων ἡ]
[ἀ]ν̣απνοὴ(*) δ ̣ ̣(*)[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
10[ -1-2- ]θ̣ησιν(*) η κ[ -ca.?- ]
[ -1-3- ]ας̣ δι̣αιρ ̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
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1[- ca.10 -]μεντο̣[ ̣ ̣](*)
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣(*)η θείοις οι-
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ἢ καθαροῖς ἐξ̣ε(*)-
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ γ]ὰ̣ρ(*) τρόπον ελ-
5[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ παρ]ωτίδων(*) ἢ βου-
[βώνων ̣ ̣ ̣ π]ρ̣οκειμένω(ν)
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ο̣ικονομου-
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]ε̣πιτεθεν
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ε ἐπισημα-
10[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ]ς οὐδ᾿ ἐπὶ του̣
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ το]πικῆς δει̣[ ̣](*)
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ φ]λεγμον[ ̣ ̣](*)
[- ca.11 -]ε̣ι̣ν(*) ̣[ ̣ ̣]
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1[- ca.9 - σῶ]μ̣α̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ γλῶ]τταν [ἢ τρα-]
χ̣ε̣ῖ̣α̣[ν] ἢ δασεῖαν [ἐσχη-]
κότες(*). οὐ γὰρ διαγ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣]
5μένων τῶν περ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
σα πυρετῶν ἀλλ[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣](*)
μένων ἀναπει̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
τὰ φυσικῶς ἐν ̣ [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
τ̣ι καὶ τῇ μ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣[ πα-]
10ρ̣ακειμεν̣[- ca.9 -]
π̣ᾶσαν θ̣ε̣[- ca.9 -](*)
̣ ̣ ̣ο̣ν̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
̣ ̣α̣ ̣ ̣τ[ -ca.?- ]
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col 1
1[ -ca.?- ]δ̣ιαθ̣ε-
[ -ca.?- μ]ε̣νου
[ -ca.?- ]δ̣ιατε̣
[ -ca.?- ]σ̣καια(*)
5[ -ca.?- ] ̣ ̣σ̣ε̣ν
[ -ca.?- ταλ]αιπ̣ω̣ρ̣ι̣-
[ -ca.?- ἐπ]ι̣χέῃ(*) ου
[ -ca.?- ] ̣αι̣ ὕ̣λ̣η̣
[ -ca.?- ]η̣ς̣ σ̣ωμα
10[ -ca.?- ]ν̣ηλω̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ -ca.?- ]τα̣[ -ca.?- ]
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1φ[ -ca.?- ]
τ̣α[ -ca.?- ]
χ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
σ̣ε̣[ -ca.?- ](*)
5 ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
ω̣[ -ca.?- ]
τ̣[ -ca.?- ]
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1[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ ̣μ̣εν̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣ π̣ε̣ριπ̣τ̣[ -ca.?- -ca.?- ](*)
τιδι ἄνω σεσ̣[ ̣ ̣ ̣ πε-]
ρ̣ιωδυνουν ̣[ -ca.?- ]
5των συνεμ[ -ca.?- ](*)
δ᾿ αυτη κα̣[ -ca.?- -ca.?- ]
κ̣ε̣ι̣μενα(*) ̣[ -ca.?- ]
ωσ[ ̣ ̣ ̣]τ̣α̣υ̣τ̣[ -ca.?- ]
κ̣ο̣υ̣[ -ca.?- ]
10ερ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
τ̣α[ -ca.?- ]
φ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
τα[ -ca.?- ]
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1[- ca.12 -]κ̣ων ̣ ̣[ -ca.?- ]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣] ̣[ ̣ ̣] τ̣α̣ῦτα
[περὶ] κ̣ατ̣απλασμάτων
[εἰπό]ντε̣ς(*) ἐνθ̣άδε τὸ̣
5[τέτα]ρτον περὶ βοηθ[η-]
[μάτ]ων σύγγραμμα τ[ -ca.?- ]
[ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]υ̣μεν.
[ -ca.?- ] Π̣ερὶ βοη[θη-]
[μά]των [ -ca.?- ]
10 vac. ? Δ vac. ?
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Apparatus
^ 1.1-2. or [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ το]ῦ καταπλ̣[άσ]μ̣[α]τ̣ος, or [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ο]ὐ καταπλ̣[άτ]τ̣[ε]ι̣ν
^ 1.3. or [ο]ὖ̣ν ἔργον, or [ν]ῦ̣ν ἔργον, or [σ]υ̣νεργόν, or [ -1-2- ]ἐ̣νεργόν
^ 1.4. or [. ν]ων, or [τρ|ι]ῶν, or [τι|ν]ων, or [ἐ|νί]ων, or [πολ|λ]ῶν
^ 1.4. or πρ[ίν ̣ ̣ ̣], or πρ[ῶτον ̣], or πρ[ότερον]
^ 1.7-8. or [ἐ]π̣ικαταπλαττ[ομέν]ων
^ 1.9. or [δ]ι̣απνοή
^ 1.9. or δι̣α̣
^ 1.9-10. or [αἴ]|[σ]θ̣ησιν, or [ ̣ ̣]|[τί]θ̣ησιν
^ 1.10-11. or κ[ατὰ τὰς τοι]|[αύτ]ας διαιρέ[σεις -ca.?- ]
^ 2.1. or μέντο̣[ι ̣], or μὲν το̣[ ̣ ̣]
^ 2.2. or ρ, or σ
^ 2.3. or εζ̣ε
^ 2.4. or [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ὃν γ]ὰ̣ρ
^ 2.4-5. or ἕλ|[κη ἐπὶ παρ]ωτίδων
^ 2.11. or δεῖ̣[ται]
^ 2.12. or [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ φ]λεγμον[ῆς]
^ 2.13. or η̣ν
^ 3.3-4. or [πεφυ|]κότες, or [ᾠδη|]κότες
^ 3.6. or ἀλλ[ὰ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣], or ἀλλ[αττο-]|μένων
^ 3.11. or θ̣ε̣[ραπείαν ̣ ̣]
^ 4.1.4. or [ -ca.?- ἀνα]γ̣καῖα
^ 4.1.7. or [ -ca.?- περ]ι̣χέῃ
^ 4.2.4. or ε̣ι̣[ -ca.?- ]
^ 5.2. or [ -ca.?- ἀρθρί|]τιδι, or [ -ca.?- παρω 2.-]τίδι
^ 5.3-4. or [πε-]|ρ̣ιωδυνούντ̣[ων τινῶν]|τῶν ϲυνεμ[φυομένων -ca.?- ]
^ 5.6-7. or [ -ca.?- ] προ|κ̣ε̣ί̣μενα, or [ -ca.?- ] παρα|κ̣ε̣ί̣μενα
^ 6.4. or [γράψα]ντε̣ς, or [λέγο]ντε̣ς
Notes
- 2.
δυσαρεσ̣[- is probably a form of δυσαρεστέω.
- 5.
For ‘apply the cupping instruments‘, see Alex.Trall. 2.143.25 Puschm., Gal. De caus.sympt. 1.8 (7.142.17 K).
- 2.
θεῖον is frequently mentioned as a healing substance in the medical writers, but it never occurs in the plural.
- 4-6.
Tumour of the parotid gland or swollen glands, cf. Gal. Simpl. 10.2.7 (12.266.6 K).
- 8.
For ἐπιτίθημι in the meaning of 'apply' (of plasters or poultices) see Andorlini (GMP 1.12, 134–6).
- 9.
A form of ἐπισημαίνω, or of ἐπισημασία, ‘access’ of an illness (cf. P.Turner 14.25).
- 3.
δασεῖαν means 'hairy' and refers both to people and animals (but here probably to γλῶτταν in l. 2).