| Title | Medical codex |
|---|---|
| Author | unknown |
| Summary | The uses, or additional uses, of a preceding recipe reminiscent of the affections treated by Galen in his "On abnormal swellings" (VII 705-732). |
| Citations | Youtie LC, ZPE 69, 163-166, 1987, Pl IIIa Youtie LC, PMich XVII, 758, 49-52, 1996, Pl VIa |
| Inv. Id | P.Mich.inv. 21 |
| Support/Dimensions | 1 papyrus ; 7.5 x 11.5 cm. |
| Condition | Broken on all sides with minor abrasions in the papyrus. |
| Lines | 1-14 |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: F; Recto |
| Hands | For a general description of the palaeography, see electronic version of 21 a-m. Left and top margins preserved on this text, both at approximately 2 cm. In l. 8 the end of a recipe is marked by a number of elaborate forked paragraphoi. Diaeresis in l. 6. |
| Origin | unknown |
| Date | IVth century A.D. |
| Note (general) | Location: Ann Arbor |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Recto |
| Note (related) | - |
| Subjects | -; Literary; medicine; Papyrus |
| Images | Recto medium |
| Images | Recto large |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
". . . It is a good discutient (?) plaster, effective for other conditions of the same kind (?) and with spongewashings it is healing, taking away the pains of intestinal hernias. It is also good for abscesses, boils, abnormal inflations, and chilblains.;The date-palm plaster agglutinates and promotes cicatrization of ulcers and (is a treatment for) inflammations when, having been melted, it has the consistency of a moist cerate . . ."
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