TABLET VII

The poisonous spittle of the mouth[1] which is noxious to the voice, the

phlegm which is destructive to the ..., the pustules of the _lungs_, the

pustule of the body, the loss of the nails, the removal (and) dissolving

of old _excrement_, the _skin_ which is _stripped off_, the recurrent ague

of the body, the food which hardens in a man's body, the food which

returns after being eaten, the drink which distends after drinking, death

by poison, from the swallowing of the mouth which distends, the

unreturning wind from the desert. Spirit of heaven remember, spirit of

earth remember.

[Footnote 1: That would be consumption.]

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