N. 12

On the 9th of this month a male slave, bought in in Ghana Butri, died. He had been deadly skinny, more skeleton than human. He ate and drank very well – yes, he was never even satisfied. I often purged him and gave him every morning the elixir of saffron, aloe and myrrh according to Paracelsus. He emaciated completely, however, and died on the mentioned date.