# In Hippocratis librum vi epidemiarum commentarii vi 17b.266

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-librum-vi-epidemiarum-commentarii-vi/17b.266

ἐπὶ τῶν αἱμορραγούντων τρωμάτων <αὐτὸν ἐνταῦθα συμβουλεῦσαί φασι τὸ κενὸν τῶν τραυμάτων> πληροῦν ἐνθέσει φαρμάκων τε τῶν ἐπιτηδείων καὶ μοτῶν. Ἢν οὖς ἀλγέῃ, εἴριον περὶ τὸν δάκτυλον ἑλίξας ἐγχεῖν ἄλειφα θερμόν, ἔπειτα ὑποθεὶς ἔσω ἐν τῷ θέναρι τὸ εἴριον ὑπὸ τὸ οὖς ἐπιθεῖναι, ὡς δοκέῃ τί οἱ ἐξιέναι, ἔπειτα ἐπὶ πῦρ ἐπιβάλλειν ἀπάτῃ. Ταύτην τὴν ῥῆσιν ὑπώπτευσάν τινες ὡς παρεγγεγραμμένην, οὐχ ἥκιστα διὰ τὸ προσκείμενον ἐπὶ τῷ τέλει λεξείδιον, τὴν ἀπάτην. ὁ μὲν γὰρ πρὸ αὐτῆς λόγος τοιόσδε τίς ἐστιν· "ἐὰν οὖς ἀλγῇ τις, ἔριον περὶ τὸν δάκτυλον ἑλίξας δηλονότι τὸν λιχανὸν (ἐγχωρεῖ δὲ καὶ περὶ τὸν ἀντίχειρα) βρέχων ἀλείφα<τι>, τουτέστιν ἤτοι ἐλαίῳ ἢ πιμελῇ τετηκυίᾳ τὸ ἔριον ἐνστάζειν εἰς τὸ οὖς," ὡς καὶ νῦν εἰώθαμεν ποιεῖν διὰ τῆς ἠμφιεσμένης εἰρίῳ μηλωτίδος, οὐ μόνον ἄλειφα, καθάπερ αὐτὸς

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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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