# De affectionibus 13

Hippocrates, De affectionibus, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-affectionibus/13

13. Τῶν νούσων σχεδόν τι μάλιστα αἱ ὀξεῖαι καὶ ἀποκτείνουσι καὶ ἐπιπονώταταί εἰσι, καὶ δεῖ πρὸς αὐτὰς φυλακῆς τε πλείστης καὶ θεραπείης ἀκριβεστάτης, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεραπεύοντος κακὸν μὲν μηδὲν προσγίνεσθαι, ἀλλ’ ἀρκέειν τὰ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν τῶν νουσημάτων ὑπάρχοντα, ἀγαθὸν δὲ ὅ τι ἂν οἷός τε ᾖ· καὶ ἢν μὲν, ὀρθῶς θεραπεύοντος τοῦ ἰητροῦ, ὑπὸ μεγέθεος τῆς νούσου κρατέηται ὁ κάμνων, οὐχὶ τοῦ ἰητροῦ αὕτη ἡ ἁμαρτίη ἐστίν· ἢν δὲ, μὴ θεραπεύοντος ὀρθῶς ἢ μὴ γινώσκοντος, ὑπὸ τῆς νούσου κρατέηται, τοῦ ἰητροῦ.

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Hippocrates, De affectionibus, ed. Émile Littré. 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/tlg0627.tlg025.local001/.