# De capitis vulneribus 3

Hippocrates, De capitis vulneribus, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-capitis-vulneribus/3

3. Αἱ δὲ ἕδραι τῶν βελέων τῶν ὀξέων καὶ κουφοτέρων, αὐταὶ ἐπὶ σφῶν αὐτέων γινόμεναι ἐν τῷ ὀστέῳ, ἄνευ ῥωγμῆς τε καὶ φλάσιος, ἢ ἔσω ἐσφλάσιος (αὗται δὲ γίνονται ὁμοίως ἔν τε τῷ ἔμπροσθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς, καὶ ἐν τῷ ὄπισθεν), ἐκ τουτέων ὁ θάνατος οὐ γίνεται κατά γε δίκην, οὐδ᾿ ἢν γένηται. Ῥαφὴ δὲ ἐν ἕλκει φανεῖσα, ὀστέου ψιλωθέντος, πανταχοῦ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ ἕλκεος γενομένου, ἀσθενέστατον γίγνεται τῇ τρώσει καὶ τῷ βέλει ἀντέχειν, εἰ τύχοι τὸ βέλος ἐς αὐτὴν τὴν ῥαφὴν στηριχθέν· πάντων δὲ μάλιστα ἐν τῷ βρέγματι γενόμενον κατὰ τὸ ἀσθενέστατον τῆς κεφαλῆς, καὶ αἱ ῥαφαὶ εἰ τύχοιεν ἐοῦσαι περὶ τὸ ἕλκος, καὶ τὸ βέλος αὐτέων τύχοι τῶν ῥαφῶν.

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Hippocrates, De capitis vulneribus, 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.tlg007.local001/.