# In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I 6.4.29

Galen, In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I, Book 6, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-epidemiarum-i/6.4.29

Καὶ χροιὴ ἐπὶ τὸ κάκιον ἢ βέλτιον ἐπιδίδωσι. δίκαιον δὲ ὡς ἂν ἔχῃ ἡ τροφὴ, οὕτω καὶ τὸ ἔξω ἕπεσθαι. Τὴν χρόαν ἀνάλογον τῇ τροφῇ, τουτέστι τῷ αἵματι, πρὸς τὸ κάκιον ἢ βέλτιον ἐπιδιδόναι φησί. αἷμα δὲ λέγει νῦν ὅλον τὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀγγείοις χυμὸν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ φλέγματός τε καὶ χολῶν καὶ ἰχώρων περιέχεται. τοῦτο γὰρ ἄμεινόν τε καὶ χεῖρον γίνεται. τὸ δ’ ἐν αὐτῷ περιεχόμενον, ὃ κυρίως αἷμα λέγεται καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐπικράτειαν αὐτοῦ τὸ σύμπαν ὀνομάζεται, μοχθηρὸν εἰπεῖν ἀδύνατον, ὥσπερ οὐδ’ ἄλλην τινὰ χρόαν ἔχον, ὅτι μὴ τὴν ἐρυθράν.

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Galen, In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I, 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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