LECTIO, Reading. Considered in a medicinal view, it is said by Celsus, lib. i. cap. 4. to be bad, especially after supper, for those whose heads are weak; and in lib. i. cap. 8. he recommends reading with an audible voice for such as have weak stomachs. It is also directed by Paulus Ægineta as an exercise, lib. i. cap. 19.