= On the Treatment of Acute Diseases by Aretaeus of Cappadocia
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{title2=Ancient work; digitized 1856 edition}
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Primary Greek and accompanying historical English text. Book II.3, treatment of cardiac affections: impending collapse, the rationale for selective depletion, and the assigned sequence of <venesection>, <cupping>, <wine>, <poultices> and <enemas>. Distinguish this work from the existing Causes and Signs of Chronic Diseases.
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