# De glandulis 6

Hippocrates, De glandulis, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-glandulis/6

6. Ἔχουσι δὲ καὶ οἱ νεφροὶ ἀδένας· καὶ γὰρ οὗτοι κορίσκονται πολλῆς ὑγρασίης· μείζους δὲ αἱ ἀδένες ταύτῃ ἢ αἱ ἄλλαι ἀδένες ἐοῦσαι· οὐ γὰρ ἐμπίνεται τοῖσι νεφροῖσι τὸ ὑγρὸν τὸ ἐπιῤῥέον, ἀλλὰ διαῤῥέει ἐπὶ κύστιν κάτω, ὥστε ὅ τι ἂν ἀποκερδάνωσιν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀχετῶν, τοῦτο ἕλκουσι πρὸς σφέας.

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Hippocrates, De glandulis, 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.tlg042.local001/.