# De diebus criticis 9

Hippocrates, De diebus criticis, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-diebus-criticis/9

9. Ἴκτερος δέ ἐστιν ὀξὺς καὶ ταχέως ἀποκτείνων· ἡ χροιὴ δὲ ὅλη σιδιοειδὴς σφόδρα ἐστὶν ἢ χλωροτέρη, καθὰ καὶ οἱ σαῦροι οἱ χλωρότεροι· παρόμοιος δέ οἱ ὁ χρὼς, καὶ ἐν τῷ οὔρῳ ὑφίσταται οἷον ὀρόβιον πυῤῥὸν, καὶ πυρετὸς καὶ φρίκη βληχρὴ ἔχει· ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ τὸ ἱμάτιον οὐκ ἀνέχεται ἔχων, ἀλλὰ δάκνεται καὶ ξύεται, τὰ ἑωθινὰ ἄσιτος ἐὼν, τὰ ἔνδοθεν· ἔπειτα μύζει τὰ σπλάγχνα ὡς ἐπιτοπολύ. Καὶ ὁκόταν ἀνιστῇ τις αὐτὸν ἢ προσδιαλέγηται, οὐκ ἀνέχιται. Οὗτος ὡς ἐπιτοπολύ θνήσκει ἐντὸς τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἡμερέων· ταύτας δὲ διαφυγὼν ὑγιαίνει.

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Hippocrates, De diebus criticis, 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.
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