# In Hippocratis Aphorismos 2.53

Galen, In Hippocratis Aphorismos, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-aphorismos/2.53

Ὁκόσοι τὰς κοιλίας ὑγρὰς ἔχουσι, νέοι μὲν ὄντες βέλτιον ἀπαλλάσσουσι τῶν τὰς ξηρὰς ἐχόντων, ἐς δὲ καὶ τὸ γῆρας χεῖρον ἀπαλλάσσουσι. ξηραίνονται γὰρ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ τοῖσιν ἀπογηράσκουσιν. Καὶ σαφής ἐστιν ὁ ἀφορισμὸς καὶ ὅσα χρὴ λεχθῆναι περὶ αὐτοῦ, πρόσθεν εἴρηται κατ’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἀφορισμὸν οὖ ἡ ἀρχὴ, ὁκόσοισι νέοισιν ἐοῦσιν αἱ κοιλίαι ὑγραί εἰσι, τουτέοισιν ἀπογηράσκουσι ξηραίνονται.

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Galen, In Hippocratis Aphorismos, 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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