ABSTRACT
And during the autumn months of such a year there will be fever, and pains in the excretory organs, and asthma, and pains in the bones, and terrors, and madness of heart, and dropsy, and rheum, and thick spittle, and diseases of the intestines, and black bile, and mankind will be afflicted and there will be a great pestilence. Of all the airs of the year, the air of Nisan is the keenest (or, severest), and that of the autumn months sweepeth away mankind; it is only beneficial for cattle, Fol. 253b. I wild goats, and elephants. At the beginning of the summer children become strong, and their bodies active; and this is the case with the old, and with elderly persons during the summer, and during the autumn months, and with the young and middle-aged during the winter. Some children, however, become weak and fall sick during the summer, as do also some young and middle-aged persons. during the autumn months. Some persons enjoy good health during the winter, because they possess an ardent nature, and there are some who enjoy good health during the summer because their nature is cold, as do also some during Nisan and the autumn months because of the natural constitution of their bodies. We set
