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De Febre Efemera nó an Liagh i n-Eirinn i n-allod
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**Manuscript sources**- King's Inns Library, MS 15. 16th cent. Vellum. Main scribe 'Maelechlainn mac Illainn Mheic an Leagha, the main scribe and the only one who has signed his work, 1512'. *Digital scans of this manuscript are available on the ISOS Project, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, see: http://www.dias.ie/isos/.***Select bibliography**2. Paul Diepgen, Geschichte der Medizin. II Mittelalter. (Berlin and Leipzig 1914).
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7. John D. Comrie, History of Scottish medicine (London, published for the Wellcome historical medical museum by Baillière, Tindall & Cox 1932). Available at: https://archive.org/details/b20457273M002.
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12. Nancy G. Siraisi, Medieval and Early Renaissance Medicine (London: Univ. of Chicago Press 1990).
13. Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha, 'Irish medical manuscripts', Irish Pharmacy Journal 69/5 (May 1991) 201–2.
14. Sheila Campbell, Bert Hall, David Klausner (eds), Health, disease and healing in medieval culture (London: Macmillan 1992).
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16. Lawrence I. Conrad, Michael Neve, Vivian Nutton, Roy Porter, Andrew Wear (eds), The Western medical tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1995).
17. Tony Hunt, Anglo-Norman Medicine. 2 vols. (Cambridge 1994–97).
18. Mirko D. Grmek, Bernardino Fantini, (eds) Western Medical Thought from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. [Translated from the Italian by Anthony Shuugar.] (Cambridge, Massachussetts: Harvard University Press 1999).
19. Fergus Kelly, 'Medicine and Early Irish Law', in: J. B. Lyons (ed), Two thousand years of Irish medicine (Dublin 1999) 15–19. Reprinted in Irish Journal of Medical Science vol. 170 no. 1 (January–March 2001) 73–6.
20. Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha, 'Medical writing in Irish', in: J. B. Lyons (ed), Two thousand years of Irish medicine (Dublin 1999) 21–26. Published also in Irish Journal of Medical Science 169/3 (July-September 2000) 217–20 (available online at http://www.celt.dias.ie/gaeilge/staff/rcsi1.html).
21. Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha, 'Winifred Wulff (1895–1946): beatha agus saothar', in: Léachtaí Cholm Cille 35 (Maigh Nuad [Maynooth]: An Sagart 2005) 191–250.
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26. An article about Pietro d'Argellata is available (in Italian) at http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/pietro-d-argellata\_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/.
**Internet resources**2. Dictionary of the Irish Language, mainly compiled from Old and Middle Irish materials: eDIL. See http://www.dil.ie/.
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. **Winifred Wulff (Úna de Bhulbh)**, De Febre Efemera nó an Liagh i n-Eirinn i n-allod in Lia Fáil, Ed. Douglas Hyde (Dubhglas de hÍde). , Dublin (Baile Átha Cliath), Educational Company of Ireland (Comhlucht Oideachais na h-Éireann) (1926) volume 1page 126–129

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Created: The text was written by Maoilsheachlainn mac Iollain Mac an Leagha (d.1531), the son of Iollan Mac an Leagha, who was active c.1462-1473. Paris, Nat. Bibl. MS Celt 1 also contains a piece written by Maoilsheachlainn (1518) and his father (1473).
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### De Febre Efemera nó an Liagh i n-Eirinn i n-allod: Author: [unknown]




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p.126


### De Febre Efemera nó an Liagh i n-Eirinn i n-allod

### King's Inns Library, MS 15.


The following extract is taken from the medical MS 
above mentioned. This MS is perhaps one of the finest 
of its kind in Ireland, written on vellum in a small, clear 
hand, with beautiful initial letters throughout in black, 
and a few in colours on the opening folios. It was 
originally bound in oak, but of this cover only a fragment 
remains, the first page is missing, and several others are 
loose and damaged. It appears to be a translation from 
various Latin sources, and is in part a boiling down of 
sections of **John of Gaddesden**'s Rosa Anglica. The 
section on **Ephemera** reproduces in 20 lines, what in 
 R.I.A. 23 P 20 covers 2 folios, 9a38–11a25. **Gaddesden** is 
mentioned on fo. 80r in the portion on Quotidian Fever, 
as follows: — ‘a n-agaid fiabhris cotidiana do reir **Gadisten** 
isin Rós.’ The following subjects are treated fairly exhaustively:
Ulcers, wounds, boils, etc., and on fo. 76v 
is the following statement beginning near the bottom 
of the page, where the preceding tract finishes, with the 
words: ‘F.i.n.i.s amen .i. (?) do Petrus.’ The statement 
is written in a large hand, between the lines of which the 
second part is written very small, and much contracted.


{MS folio 76v}
*Colophon:* Mise **Mailechloind mac Illoind Meic an Leaga** do scrib 
deired in libairsi re n-abur **Petrus de Largellata**[1](javascript:footNote('G600022/note001.html')) do budein &
 a crich Iustasac a m-**Baile Hoiriberd** a tig **Uilliam Talma*n***[2](javascript:footNote('G600022/note002.html'))
do f*or*bad. Is i ais an Tig*er*na ann .i. MCCCCCXII. *(1512)* &rl. 
Maaid (?)[3](javascript:footNote('G600022/note003.html')) raith don ti dorat dam an esimplair so an 
libarsi .i. **Co*n*aire mac Tor*n*a I Mail*con*aire** & is dirsa*n* 
lim a fad ata a m'ecmais uair is mor a esb*a* dam uair is 
triamai*n* m'inntinn uair is fada uai*m* siar m'athair isin 
**M*um*ai*n*** & mo brath*air* .i. **Eog*an*** 
 & is rofada lim co faici*nn* mo shesi 
 & mo brath*air* .i. **Connla Mac an Lega** ata a **Muig Luirg** 
 & is ro mhor a ecla orm gur mill an sluag so iarla 
**Cille Dara** he. Et is fada ata mo dalta & mo condalta 
.i. **Cormac Mac in Lega**. Isi*n* da I*n*dia (?) isin ailt ata 
(-u?), uair is nu*n*ach i*m*b*er*ach (?) e do raith.




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p.127


The last sentence is possibly a code or something similar, and is nearly unintelligible. The fact that the 
scribe fails to distinguish between the stroke which signifies n and that which signifies m does not simplify 
matters.


I am unable to say whether the above is the signature of the scribe, or if the whole thing is a copy, the &rl after 
the date 1512, makes it look as if part of the colophon were omitted. This **Mailechloind Mac an Leaga** was one 
of a family of hereditary physicians in **Thomond**. His death is recorded in the Annals of Loch Cé, under the 
date 1531.


The following folio, 77r opens with several quotations from the Gospels and the Classics, on the duties of man in 
general, and physicians in particular, continuing as follows: —


{MS folio 77r}Mas*ead* guidm*id*-ne aen Dia trithech na tri persan 
dar furt*acht* do crichnug*ad* in **compendium** cumair so, uair 
ad*eir* **Tateus**[4](javascript:footNote('G600022/note004.html')), ‘Demulcentur audiencium an*imae* ex lucida et compendiosa breuitate’ .i. sast*ur* aic*neadha* luchta an 
*estacht*a on c*um*airecht tarbaig soluis, uair is mooide 
foglu*m*thar ni gac med cumair*acht*a, da mbi, gurab uime 
sin adubairt **Ar*istotul*** ‘Longa solent sp*er*ni gaudent breuitate 
mod*er*ni’ .i. cle*cht*ar na raite rofaide do tarcasnug*ad* &
f*or*bailtigid lucht na haimsire nuaide roim an cumair*acht* ...


Is uime sin do b'ail lium trachtad cumair tarbach do 
denum do lucht in stud*eir*, clechtas moran na lebar do 
fecai*n*, innus co fagdais gach ni do iarfadais annsa **uolum*en***
so, do rin*ni*usa le stuider rofada & le g*er*mach*tnamh* 
in*n*tin*n*e & le moran na el*adan* l*eighis* do sc*ru*d*ugad*, dochum 
riachtan*uis* les na sc*ol*aired do comlinad. Et bith a fis 
agad gur cumusa in trachtad so, gan moran na teori*cechta* (?) 
ar *ec*la in athmaelt*uis*, an ai*m*sir, an *eg*entuis, & i*n* guas*achta*.


The subsequent matter consists of very short paragraphs 
on a variety of diseases, as, fevers, affections of the 
nose, throat and lungs, heart trouble and diseases of the 
digestive organs. Few of these exceed 20 to 30 lines of 
script. 


ÚNA DE BHULF
Mí na Nodlag, 1924.


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p.128


King's Inns Library, MS. 15, Fol. 81r
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{MS folio 81r}
 De Febre Efemera .i. d'**fiabhras efemera**, & as uime 
ad*er*ar **efemera** ris .i. is inann **efemeron** a Greig & iasg a 
Laidin, uair ni bi acht en la n*adurtha* do shaegal ag an 
iasg sin. Et is mar sin ata **efemera uera**, uair ni mairenn 
acht en la, mas efemera fire he, & mas **efemera** nach fir 
mairidh co cenn tri la & co hannam co cenn a 4, in tan is 
remar in t-adbar.


**Cura** .i. leighis na hes*laint*i so .i. mad tine no grian as 
cuis don **fiabhras**, curtur fer an fiabhris a n-inadh fuar, & 
gabtur ag a bualadh le hed*aighibh* lin, suas & anuas, do 
cur gaithe uime; & mad te in chuis doirter usgi te um a 
cenn & curtur a fotrag*ad* usgi fuar he, & anad ann co fada, 
& cumilt*er* **ola rosa** do corp uile & **ola na **uiola****. Et mad o 
saethar tig an fiabhras, gab prem **artemesia**, & bris & 
cumusc ar fin cael, no bruith ar anbruith, & ib & ic*id*. Et 
gid be imcrus **artemesia**, ni curtur he. Et da roib nech 
curtha, & urbruith do genum d'**artemesia**, t*eid* a cur de. 
Et da imchra duine **agnus casti**, ni faghann oilbeim & 
ni fuilighter air. Et ma curenn fer an tsib*uil* fada a croicinn 
de itir a lairgibh no da urgibh, cumilter buidenn *uighi*
c*er*c te no fuar de, & is maith sin do lucht na olitre, & do 
braitrib teid a fad. Et mad o nemcodladh bis an **fiabhras**, 
dentur folc*ad* don **papauer**, & do **lactusi**, & do **malua**, & 
cumilter na cosa ar tus le h-edach garb lin. Et mad o **constipacionn** 
bes an **fiabhras**, dentur clister do. Et mad 
isin gale bes, dentur sg*eth*rach do, & denad **abstinens** no 
co ndil*eghtar* an biadh. Et mad o dith bid bes, tuctur 
biad do, & co hair*ighti* mad fer lenna ruaid [he], oir ni 
heidir leo trosgad do genum ar son ro-gere a tessa.


Op*aid* ar gach ule **fiabhras** ann so. ‘Frange ✠ tere ✠ fer*r*e ✠ 
febre .n. salus est’ a t'ain*m*,(?) am*ail* a cur sgribtha fo 
bragaid fir an **fiabhris**, & foirid gach uile **fiabhras**.


Ar gach ule **fiabhras** & eslainti nach leiginn codl*ad* 
do duine, gab cinn ura & feoighe in **papauer**, & **sil lactusi**, 
& **uiola** & duill*eogi* **rodus**, & a cur a corcan no a n-oigenn 
lan d'uisge, & a mbruith no gu legaid na luibhe, & na cosa 
do nige as, & edach lin do cumilt co laidir dib, & 
**ola na **uiola**** do cumilt dib, & coideoluid gan cunntabairt.


Ar gach uile **fiabhras** & ar codl*ad*, sgrib na focla so a 
tri h-ablann. ‘✠ P*ate*r est alpha & oo,’ isin cet ablainn; 
‘✠ filius est uia uita & ueritas,’ isin dara hablainn; 
‘✠ spiritus sanctus est remediu*m* sanitatis,’ isin 3 ablaind; 
& a nithe re tri la. Et in uair bias ag ithe na n-ablann so 


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gab*ad* se 4 pad*re*cha sa cet ablainn, a n-agaid na 4 ardgon 
fuair IHU, re slainti d'fagail do, & tri pad*re*cha isin 2 hablainn 
a n-agaid na tri tairngedh do cured a n-IHU, & 4 paidrecha 
isin 3 ablainn, & caithed iat ainnsein, & is derbta 
an leigh*is* sin ar gach uile **fiabhras** & ar codladh.


1. **Adbur**, **matter (of disease)**. Lat. **materia (morbi)**.
2. **Agnus castus**, **tutsan**. Trans. **meas tuirc allaid**.
3. **Ailt**, **house**, a slang expression. ( Meyer's Contributions to Irish Lexicography).
4. **Anbruith, (eanbruith)**, **soup, broth**. Lat. **brodium**.
5. **Artemesia**, **ragweed, mugwort**. Ir. **buachalán buidhe**, **buafanán buidhe**.
6. **Buidenn uighi**, **yolk of eggs**.
7. **Curtha**, tired; **cur** to tire, tiredness, now **cortha**.
8. **Efemera**, **Ephemeral fever**. A fever that lasts a day or very short period. ( New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of medicine).
9. **Fiabhras**, **fever**. Lat. **febris**.
10. **Gale, goile**, **stomach**.
11. **Linn ruad**, **choler**. One of the four humours, which are, **linn fuar**, **linn dubh**, and **fuil dearg**.
12. **Lactusi**, **lettuce**.[5](javascript:footNote('G600022/note005.html'))
13. **Malua**. **mallows**. Ir. **hocus**.
14. **Mag Luirg**, near Boyle, Co. Roscommon.
15. **Oilbheim**, **stumble**.
16. **Olitre, ailithre**, **pilgrimage**.
17. **Opaid**, **charm**. O.Ir. **upaid, epaid**; gsg. **auptha**.
18. **Papauer**, **poppy**.
19. **Rodus**, **marigold**? Three Irish Medical Glossaries **rudus derg**.
20. **Sgethrach** **a vomiting**.
21. **Urbruith**, **dry bath, stupe, fomentation**. Lat. **stupha**.
22. Ros, The Rosa Anglica by John of Gaddesden. First printed edition, 1492.















