# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 11.1.48

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 11, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/11.1.48

[μη΄. Περὶ νάρκης.] Καὶ τὴν νάρκην δ’ ὅλην, λέγω δὲ δηλονότι τὸ θαλάττιον ζῶον, ἔγραψαν ἔνιοι κεφαλαλγίας ἰᾶσθαι προσφερομένην τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ τὴν ἐξεστραμμένην ἕδραν ἐντρέπειν. ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ πειραθεὶς ἀμφοῖν οὐδέτερον ἐργαζομένην εὗρον. ἐννοήσας οὖν αὐτὴν ἔτι ζῶσαν προστιθέναι τινὶ κεφαλὴν ὀδυνωμένῳ, δύνασθαι γὰρ ἀνώδυνον εἶναι φάρμακον, ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις ὅσα ναρκοῖ τὴν αἴσθησιν εὗρον οὕτως ἔχειν. οἴομαι δὲ καὶ τὸν πρῶτον χρησάμενον ἔκ τινος τοιαύτης ἐπινοίας ὁρμηθέντα χρῆσθαι.

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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.
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