# Historia animalium 8.23

Aristotle, Historia animalium, Book 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/historia-animalium/8.23

Οἱ δὲ βόες οἱ ἀγελαῖοι νοσοῦσι δύο νόσους, ὧν τὸ μὲν ποδάγρα τὸ δὲ κραῦρος καλεῖται. Ἐν μὲν οὖν τῇ ποδάγρᾳ τοὺς πόδας οἰδοῦσιν, οὐκ ἀποθνήσκουσι δ’ οὐδὲ τὰς ὁπλὰς ἀποβάλλουσιν· βέλτιον δ’ ἴσχουσι τῶν κεράτων ἀλειφομένων πίσσῃ θερμῇ. Ὅταν δὲ κραυρᾷ, τὸ πνεῦμα γίνεται θερμὸν καὶ πυκνόν· καὶ ὅ ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις πυρετός, τοῦτό ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς βουσὶ τὸ κραυρᾶν. Σημεῖον δὲ τῆς ἀρρωστίας τὰ ὦτα καταβάλλουσι καὶ οὐ δύνανται ἐσθίειν. Ἀποθνήσκουσι δὲ ταχέως, καὶ ἀνοιχθέντων ὁ πλεύμων φαίνεται σαπρός.

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Aristotle, Historia animalium, ed. Immanuel Bekker. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0086.tlg014.local001/.