# De genitura 28

Hippocrates, De genitura, Chapter 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-genitura/28

28. Τὸ δὲ παιδίον ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσιν ἐὸν τὼ χέρε ἔχει πρὸς τῇσι γένυσι καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν πλησίον τοῖν ποδοῖν· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀτρεκείη κρῖναι, οὐδ’ ἂν ἴδῃς ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσι τὸ παιδίον, πότερον τὴν κεφαλὴν ἄνω ἔχει ἢ κάτω· ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ τεταμένοι εἰσὶν οἱ ὑμένες, ἀντέχοντες αὐτό.

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Hippocrates, De genitura, 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.tlg024.local003/.