CHAPTER VI. On the mucus-related [trouble], or the sharp pain of the chest arising from mucus.

67. The aching of the chest without a stabbing pain, or its feeling compressed, or drawing long and heavy breaths, is called pituitous pleurisy [lit. *maghasayin khet’k’*]. 68. The patient with pituitous pleurisy does not feel such a severe stabbing pain in the chest as one who has pleurisy from inflammation; only his chest is more compressed, the pulse of the arm beats more feebly and quickly, his tongue is slimy and coated with white phlegm or yellow bile, the taste in his mouth is foul and bitter, he is nauseated and feels a heaviness in the pit of the stomach, and along with this [there is] headache accompanied by moderate heat and dizziness, especially when the patient is in motion; the skin of the body is dry, the complexion yellowish-red. Upon coughing, little sputum comes up, yellow and without blood, and furthermore he has a rattling in the chest, and sometimes diarrhea will also occur. 70. In the beginning, signs of fatigue (*bezarel* [weariness]), weakness, and anxiety appear upon the patient, the chest grows heavy, [and] with alternating chills and fever, his eyes are frequently made heavy, not suffering [him] to sleep restfully; forgetfulness comes over him, and this continues for one [or] two days. When the illness begins to grow severe, then at first it causes a mild but prolonged chill, afterwards it produces moderate heat, [and] the pulse beats faint and fast. On account of the difficulty of drawing breath, the patient is very restless; the urine has its customary color or is reddish, and no sediment settles at the bottom; the rattling of the chest increases, and the drawing of breath, as...*