# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 10.2.17

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 10, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/10.2.17

[ιζ΄. Περὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ σώματι γεννωμένων.] Γεννᾶται μὲν ἐν τῷ σώματι καὶ ἄλλα παρὰ φύσιν, ὧν οὐ καλὸν μεμνῆσθαι, γεννᾶται δὲ καὶ ὁ ἐν κύστει λίθος, ὑπὲρ οὗ τινες ἔγραψαν, ὡς εἰπεῖν ὅτι θρύπτει λίθους τοὺς ἐν κύστει. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ψεῦδός ἐστι κεκριμένον τῇ πείρᾳ. εἰ δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἐν νεφροῖς λίθους θρύπτει τὴν ἀρχὴν, οὐδ’ ἐπειράθην μὲν, ἔχων ἕτερα δόκιμα φάρμακα πρὸς τὸ σύμπτωμα τοῦτο. περὶ δὲ τοῦ πύου καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα παρίημι λέγειν τοῖς τὰ τοιαῦτα δεινοῖς ἅμα γοητείαις τισίν. ἡ μέντοι κόπρος ἕν τι τῶν ἐν τῷ σώματι γεννωμένων ἐστὶ, κατὰ φύσιν ἐχόντων τῶν ζώων, ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ ῥύπος· ὑπὲρ ἑκατέρου τοίνυν ἐφεξῆς δίειμι.

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Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, ed. Karl Gottlob Kühn. 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/tlg0057.tlg075.local001/.