# In Hippocratis librum iii epidemiarum commentarii iii 17a.637

Galen, In Hippocratis librum iii epidemiarum commentarii iii, Volume 17a. Ancient Greek.

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τοις, οὐδ' ἐνταῦθα προσθείς | τι περὶ τῆς χρόας αὐτῶν. ἐγχωρεῖ γὰρ ἄκρατα ὠχρὰ καὶ ξανθὰ καὶ πυρρὰ καὶ ἐρυθρὰ καὶ ἰώδη καὶ μέλανα διαχωρεῖσθαι, γινωσκόντων ἄκρατα καλεῖν αὐτὸν ὅσα τὴν οἰκείαν χρόαν ἄμικτον ἔχει πρὸς ἕτερον χυμόν, ὥστ' ἄν τις εἰκάσειεν, <ὅτι> χολώδη διεχώρησεν ἄκρατα, τουτέστιν ἤτοι ξανθὰ κατὰ τὴν χρόαν ἢ πυρρά· τὰ γὰρ ἰώδη καὶ μέλανα μετὰ τοῦ προσθεῖναι τὴν χρόαν ἔθος ἐστὶ λέγειν καὶ τούτῳ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἰατροῖς <τῶν παλαιῶν. καὶ μέντοι> καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰώθαμεν ἄνευ μὲν προσθήκης χολώδη διαχωρῆσαί τινα λέγειν, ἐπὶ τῆς ξανθῆς χολῆς τοιαύτῃ λέξει χρώμενοι. τὰ δὲ τῆς ἰώδους ἢ μελαίνης ἤ τινος ἑτέρας χολῆς οὐ λέγομεν ἁπλῶς χολώδη, <προς>τίθεμεν δ' αὐτὴν τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς χρόας διάκρισιν αὐτοῖς, καὶ τοῦτό γ' ἐν ἅπασι τὸ ἔθος ὑπάρχει διὰ τὸ συνεχῶς μὲν ἐμεῖσθαί τε καὶ διαχωρεῖσθαι τὴν ὠχράν τε καὶ ξανθὴν χολὴν οὐ μόνοις τοῖς νοσοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ὑγιαίνουσι, σπανίως δὲ τὰς ἄλλας καὶ μόνον ἐπὶ τῶν νοσώδη διάθεσιν ἐχόντων. κατὰ γοῦν τὴν τῆς τρίτης ἡμέρας διήγησιν εἰπὼν νυκτὸς οὐδὲν ἐκοιμήθη, τοῦ κώματος δ'

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Galenus Med., In Hippocratis librum iii epidemiarum commentarii iii. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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