# De corde 7

Hippocrates, De corde, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-corde/7

Στόματα δ’ αὐτέῃσιν οὐκ ἀνεώγασιν, εἰ μή τις ἀποκείρει τῶν οὐάτων τὴν κορυφὴν καὶ τῆς καρδίης τὴν κεφαλήν· ἢν δ’ ἀποκείρῃ, φανήσεται καὶ δισσὰ στόματα ἐπὶ δυσὶ γαστέροιν· ἡ γὰρ παχείη φλὲψ ἐκ μιῆς ἀναθέουσα, πλανᾷ τὴν ὄψιν, ἢν ἀνατμηθῇ. Αὗται πηγαὶ φύσιος ἀνθρώπου, καὶ οἱ ποταμοὶ ἐνταῦθα ἀνὰ τὸ σῶμα, τοῖσιν ἄρδεται τὸ σκῆνος, οὗτοι δὲ καὶ τὴν ζωὴν φέρουσι τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, κἢν αὐανθέωσιν, ἀπέθανεν ὥνθρωπος.

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Hippocrates, De corde, 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.tlg045.local001/.