Commentary for Gittin 138:17
ואי לא ליתי אונא דזיקא ולתלי ליה לאיש באמה ולאשה בדדין ואי לא ליתי חוטא דזהוריתא דשדתיה דומה בת דומה וליתלי ליה לאיש באמה ולאשה בדדין
round one hip and sixty times round the other. <font>For stone in the bladder</font> let him take three drops of tar and three drops of leek juice and three drops of clear wine and <font>pour it on the membrum of a man or on the corresponding place in a woman</font> — Alternatively he can <font>take the ear of a bottle and hang it on the membrum of a man or on the breasts of a woman.</font> Or again <font>he can take a purple thread which has been spun by a woman of ill repute or the daughter of a woman of ill repute and hang it on the membrum of a man or the breasts of a woman. Or again he can take a louse from a man and a woman and hang it on the membrum of a man and the corresponding place in a woman;</font> and <font>when he makes water he should do so on dry thorns near the socket of the door, and he should preserve the stone that issues, as it is good for all fevers.</font> For external fever<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., eruptions. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Explore commentary for Gittin 138:17. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.