# In Hippocratis De natura hominis 1.29

Galen, In Hippocratis De natura hominis, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-de-natura-hominis/1.29

Τὰ αὐτὰ δὲ πάσχουσι καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν φαρμάκων τῶν τὸ φλέγμα ἀγόντων. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ φλέγμα ἐμέουσιν, ἔπειτα ξανθὴν χολὴν, ἔπειτα μέλαιναν, τελευτῶντες δὲ αἷμα καθαρὸν, καὶ ἐν τῷδε ἀποθνήσκουσιν. Μετὰ τὸ κενωθῆναι τὸν οἰκεῖον τῷ καθαρτικῷ φαρμάκῳ χυμὸν ἐφεξῆς αὐτῷ πρῶτος ὁ τῶν ἄλλων εὐαγωγότατος ἕπεται, μετ᾿ ἐκεῖνον δὲ ὁ τὴν δευτέραν ἐν τούτῳ τάξιν ἔχων, κἄπειτα τὸ αἷμα πάντων ὕστατον, ὡς ἂν οἰκειότατος ὢν τῇ φύσει χυμός. ἀσφαλὲς γὰρ φάναι περὶ αὐτοῦ τό γε τοσοῦτο, ὡς εἰ καὶ μὴ μόνος ἐστὶν ἡ φύσις τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἀλλ᾿ οἰκειότατός γε ἁπάντων τῶν ἄλλων.

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Galen, In Hippocratis De natura hominis, 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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