Erysipelas occurs also in the brain, and the patient suffers in the
following manner: he has pain of the whole head, and feels as if there
were fire in it; his face is cold and somewhat pale, and his mouth dry.
Wherefore, bleed such a patient, and more particularly abstract blood
from the veins under the tongue, and apply cooling things, such as we use
in other kinds of erysipelas.
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COMMENTARY. Aëtius, Oribasius, Avicenna, Haly Abbas, and Alsaharavius
treat of this disease in much the same terms as our author. Haly says
there is less heat of the face than in phlegmon, nay, that the face even
feels cold. Alsaharavius describes it as being accompanied with violent
pain, much inflammation, and blackness of the face. He approves of the
depletory treatment in general.