Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 234 (P. Oxy. 234 orP. Oxy. II 234) is a fragment of a treatise on medical prescriptions by an unknown author, written inGreek. It was discovered inOxyrhynchus. The manuscript was written onpapyrus in the form of a sheet. It is dated to the second or third century. Currently it is housed in the library of theUniversity of St Andrews inFife.[1]
The document was written by an unknown copyist. Theverso side contains the medical text. The measurements of the fragment are 306 by 87 mm. The text is written in a round upright medium-sizeduncial hand. Therecto side is written in an uprightcursive hand and contains a memorandum concerning a lease.[2]
It was discovered byGrenfell andHunt in 1897 in Oxyrhynchus. The text was published by Grenfell and Hunt in 1899.[2]
Another:—Heat an equal quantity ofbeaver-musk and poppy-juice upon a potsherd, if possible one of Attic make, but failing that of...; soften by diluting with raisin wine, warm, and drop in.
Another:—Dilute some gum with balsam of lilies, and add honey and rose-extract. Twist some wool with the oil in it round a probe, warm, and drop in.
Another:—Pound some closed calices of pomegranates, drop on saffron-water, and when it becomes discoloured draw the liquor off. When required dilute as much as the bulk of a pea with raisin wine, warm, and drop in.
Clysters for the ear against earache:
Dilute frankincense with very sweet wine and syringe the ear; or use for this purpose the injections described above.
Another:—Rinse with warm onion-juice.
Another:—Syringe with gall of a bull or goat or sheep, or other similar kind of gall, warmed.
Another:—The sap of a pine tree, warmed, to be used in the same way.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1899).Oxyrhynchus Papyri II. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.
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