Aphorisms 261-263/desires

[Leilanae]

Hi Carol,

Here's a bit more:
§ 263
The desire of the patient affected by an acute disease with regard to food and drink is certainly chiefly for things that give palliative relief: they are, however, not strictly speaking of a medicinal character, and merely supply a sort of want. The slight hindrances that the gratification of this desire, within moderate bounds, could oppose to the radical removal of the disease1 (footnote)
(Footnote) 1 This is, however, rare. Thus, for instance, in pure inflammatory diseases, where aconite is so indispensable, whose action would be destroyed by partaking of vegetable acids, the desire of the patient is almost always for pure cold water only.
ACONITE is BOLD type in these 4 rubrics:
GENERALITIES: FOOD and drinks; cold, drinks, water; desires, icy

GENERALITIES, FOOD and drinks; cold, drinks, water; desires; fever, during heat, burning

GENERALITIES, FOOD and drinks; cold, drinks, water, desires, fever during heat

GENERALITIES, FOOD and drinks, cold; drinks, water, desires; fever during
Does this help?
Atb,
Leilanae

[Carol Orr]

Okay, that makes sense now...reading aphorisms is a little like reading
Shakespeare or an old bible. I wonder if it made perfect sense to the people
of those times. And if rewrites can actually change the meaning based on the
interpretations.

[Leilanae]

Carol writes:

Okay, that makes sense now...reading aphorisms is a little like reading
Shakespeare or an old bible.

Totally agree.

I wonder if it made perfect sense to the people
of those times.

Maybe?

And if rewrites can actually change the meaning based on the
interpretations.

There seem to be some differences in the various translations. Lois is working on word by word translation.

Atb,

Leilanae

[Roger B]

Keep in mind that reading and writing were their Internet, movies, television, radio, telephone, cellphone all wrapped into one (not counting their face-to-face arts like painting, sculpture, etc.). So they were very good at it. Thus Shakespeare, the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, Moby Dick, Dickens, Cervantes, etc. etc. etc.

Roger Bird
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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 01:46:00 -0600
Subject: [Minutus] Re: Aphorisms 261-263/desires

Okay, that makes sense now...reading aphorisms is a little like reading
Shakespeare or an old bible. I wonder if it made perfect sense to the people
of those times. And if rewrites can actually change the meaning based on the
interpretations.