# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 9.3.31

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 9, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/9.3.31

[λα΄. Περὶ τιτάνου.] Τίτανος, ἡ μὲν ἄσβεστος καίει σφοδρῶς, ὡς ἐσχάραν ποιεῖν, ἡ σβεσθεῖσα δὲ παραχρῆμα μὲν ἐσχαροῖ καὶ αὐτὴ, μεθ’ ἡμέραν δὲ μίαν ἢ δευτέραν ἧττον καίει καὶ ἧττον ἐσχαροῖ, μετὰ δὲ χρόνον οὐδ’ ὅλως ἐσχάρας ἐργάζεται. θερμαίνει δ’ ἔτι καὶ διατήκει τὰς σάρκας. εἰ δὲ πλυθείη, τὴν μὲν δῆξιν ἐναποτίθεται τῷ ὕδατι καὶ ποιεῖ τὴν καλουμένην κονίαν, αὐτὴ δ’ ἀδήκτως ξηραίνει. καὶ εἰ δίς γε ἢ τρὶς ἢ πλεονάκις πλυθείη, τελέως ἄδηκτος γίγνεται καὶ ξηραίνει γενναίως ἄνευ δήξεως.

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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/.