_Avicenna_, after this, is for having the part anointed with the syrup of hellebore, using proper evacuations and purges----and I believe rightly. But thou must eat little or no goat's flesh, nor red deer----nor even foal's flesh by any means; and carefully abstain----that is, as much as thou canst, from peacocks, cranes, coots, didappers, and water-hens----

Avicenna is for having the part anointed with the syrup of hellebore, using proper purges - and I believe rightly. Thou must eat little or no goat's flesh, nor red deer; and carefully abstain from peacocks, cranes, coots and water-hens.
