ABSTRACT
Another calculation: If thou wishest to know whether a sick man will die or recover: Reckon up the numerical values of the letters in the name of the sick man, and those of the letters in the name of the day in which he became sick, take the total of thy calculation in thy hand, and divide it into three parts, two [representing] the day, and one the sick man. And if one remaineth to thee, the sick man will live; and if two, his disease will prolong itself; and if three, he will die. Now this is a very sure method, but besides dying when three remain of the number made by the letters of his own name, he will die whenever he falleth sick on the day of the number made by the letters of which two remain.
