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Quotation from Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh by Usama ibn Munqidh
“To the knight I applied a small poultice until the abscess opened and became well; and the woman I put on diet and made her humor wet.”
Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh, Section I, ch. 8 (An Appreciation of the Frankish Character), trans. Philip K. Hitti
The Christian physician describes his own treatment before a Frankish practitioner intervened.
Citation: "To the knight I applied a small poultice until the abscess opened and became well; and the woman I put on diet and made her humor wet." — Usama ibn Munqidh, Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh, Section I, ch. 8 (An Appreciation of the Frankish Character), trans. Philip K. Hitti. (id usama-ibn-munqidh-memoirs-q2)
