The roughness of the voice arises from cold, from tension of the vocal muscles and from a state similar to spasms that happens to them, as well as from drying out the moisture in them, from long singing, from cutting out the uvula, from frequent copulation and from prolonged vigil. To cure this, you should abstain from things that we have already mentioned more than once, stop singing and take the emollients mentioned in the paragraph on hoarseness. Fresh and dry figs and raisins, especially soaked in almond oil, are also very healthy. For people who have had this happen as a result of cutting out the tongue, the following medicine helps: boil condensed grape must with the same amount of honey until the foam can be removed, then dilute the composition with hot water and gargle with it, you should also give the patient this decoction. Aged decoction is healthier than fresh one.