# Quos quibus catharticis medicamentis et quando purgare oporteat 24-25

Galen, Quos quibus catharticis medicamentis et quando purgare oporteat, 24 to 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/quos-quibus-catharticis-medicamentis-et-quando-purgare-oporteat/24

οὕτωϲ δὲ κἂν ὁ μελαγχολικὸϲ πλεονάϲῃ χυμόϲ, ὡϲ ἐν μελαγχολίᾳ καὶ καρκίνῳ καὶ ἐλέφαντι, τὸ τῆϲ μελαίνηϲ χολῆϲ κενωτικὸν φάρμακον δίδομεν· ἐπιληψίαν δὲ φλεγμαγωγοῖϲ καθαίρομεν, ἐξ ὧν δῆλον ὡϲ ἡ κατάϲταϲιϲ τῆϲ νόϲου καὶ τὸν κενωθηϲόμενον δηλοῖ χυμὸν καὶ τὸν τόπον, δι᾿ οὗ χρὴ κενοῦν αὐτόν. ἀμέλει καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸ ἧπαρ φλεγμαινόντων, ὅταν πεφθῶϲι, τὴν ἀποκάθαρϲιν ποιούμεθα διὰ μὲν τῆϲ κάτω γαϲτρόϲ, ὅταν ἐν τοῖϲ ϲιμοῖϲ αὐτοῦ γένηται τὸ πάθημα, δι᾿ οὔρων δέ, ὅταν ἐν τοῖϲ κυριτοῖϲ.

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Galen, Quos quibus catharticis medicamentis et quando purgare oporteat, ed. Ioannes Raeder. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0057.tlg073.local002/.