# In Hippocratis librum vi epidemiarum commentarii vi 17a.956

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-librum-vi-epidemiarum-commentarii-vi/17a.956

ὅτι | καὶ τοπικόν ἐστι τὸ βοήθημα τοῦτο καὶ ἀντισπαστικὸν ἐπὶ τἀναντία. τὴν δὲ ὀρθὴν ἐν μετώπῳ φλέβα καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἀνατομῆς ἐναργῶς ἔστιν ἰδεῖν, ἡ δὲ ἀνατομὴ συρρεῖν ταῖς ἑκατέρωθεν αὐτὴν ἐπιδείκνυσιν. οὐκ ὀρθῶς οὖν ἔνιοι περὶ τῆς τομῆς ᾠήθησαν λελέχθαι τὸ ὀρθίη. οὐ γὰρ διὰ τὸ σχῆμα τῆς τομῆς ἡ ὠφέλεια γίνεται τοῖς ὀδυνωμένοις, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν κένωσιν τοῦ αἵματος. Αἱ διαδέξιες τῶν ὑποχονδρίων, ἐξ οἵων <ἐς οἷα> καὶ ἄλλαι καὶ τῶν σπλάγχνων τῶν φλεγμονῶν οἷα δύνανται, εἴτ' ἐξ ἥπατος σπληνί, καὶ τἀναντία καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα. Οὐ μόνον ἐξ οἵων <ἐς οἷα> καὶ ἄλλαι γεγραμμένον εὑρίσκομεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ "ἐξ οἵων οἷα ἀλλοιοῦσι" καὶ "ἐξ οἵων οἷα ποιοῦσι·" καὶ τὴν μὲν πρώτην γραφὴν οἵ τε παλαιοὶ τῶν ἐξηγητῶν ἴσασι καὶ Ῥοῦφος, τὴν δ' "ἐξ οἵων οἷα ἀλλοιοῦσιν" οἱ περὶ Σαβῖνον καὶ Διοσκουρίδην, τὴν δ' "ἐξ οἵων οἷα ποιοῦσιν" οἱ |

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Galenus Med., In Hippocratis librum vi epidemiarum commentarii vi. 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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