# De medico 12

Hippocrates, De medico, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-medico/12

12. Περὶ δὲ καταπλασμάτων ὧδε· τῶν ἐπιτιθεμένων ὀθονίων ὅκου ἂν ἡ χρῆσις κατὰ τοῦ νοσεύματος ἀκριβὴς εἶναι δοκέῃ, [καὶ] τῷ ἕλκει ἁρμόζου τὸ ἐπιτιθέμενον ὀθόνιον, τῷ δὲ καταπλάσματι πρὸς τὸν κύκλῳ τόπον τοῦ ἕλκεος χρῶ· χρῆσις γὰρ αὕτη καταπλάσματός ἐστιν ἔντεχνός τε καὶ πλεῖστα ὠφελεῖν δυναμένη· ἐδόκει γὰρ τῷ μὲν ἕλκει βοηθεῖν ἡ τῶν περιτιθεμένων δύναμις, τὸ δ’ ὀθόνιον φυλάσσειν· τὰ δ’ ἔξω μὲν τοῦ ἕλκεος τὸ κατάπλασμα ὠφελέει. Τὴν μὲν οὖν χρῆσιν αὐτέων εἶναι δεῖ τοιαύτην.

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Hippocrates, De medico, 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.tlg049.local001/.