# In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I 6.5.19

Galen, In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I, Book 6, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-epidemiarum-i/6.5.19

Ἀνθρώποισιν ὁ ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶ ῥύπος ὁ μὲν γλυκὺς θανάσιμος, ὁ δὲ πικρὸς οὔ. Τάχ’ ἂν αὐτός τις ἕκαστος νοσῶν ὑπομείνειε γεύσασθαι τοῦ κατὰ τὸ οὖς ῥύπου. τῷ δ’ ἰατρῷ βδελυρὸν ἂν εἴη τὸ πρόσταγμα. πρόδηλον δ’ ὡς οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ καιρῷ δύναται γενέσθαι ὁ ῥύπος γλυκὺς ἢ καθ’ ὃν ὁ ἐγκέφαλος νοσεῖ. κατὰ φύσιν γάρ ἐστιν αὐτῷ τὸ πικρῷ φαίνεσθαι, διὸ καὶ τὸ γλυκὺ ἐγκεφάλου συντηκομένου φασὶ γίνεσθαι.

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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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