# De morbis i-iii 1.12

Hippocrates, De morbis i-iii, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-morbis-i-iii/1.12

12. Καὶ ὁκόσοι μὲν τὸν πλεύμονα ἔμπυοι γίνονται, ἀπὸ τῶνδε γίνονται· ἢν περιπλευμονίῃ ληφθεὶς μὴ καθαρθῇ ἐν τῇσι κυρίῃσιν ἡμέρῃσιν, ἀλλ’ ὑπολειφθῇ ἒν τῷ πλεύμονι πτύαλόν τε καὶ φλέγμα, ἔμπυος γίνεται· καὶ ἢν μὲν αὐτίκα θεραπευθῇ, διαφεύγει ὡς τὰ πουλλά· ἢν δὲ ἀμεληθῇ, διαφθείρεται, διαφθείρεται δὲ ὧδε· τοῦ φλέγματος ἐν τῷ πλεύμονι ἐνισταμένου τε καὶ σηπομένου, ἑλκοῦταί τε ὁ πλεύμων καὶ διάπυος γίνεται, καὶ οὔτε ἔτι ἔσω ἕλκει ἐς ἑωυτὸν ὅ τι καὶ ἄξιον λόγου τῆς τροφῆς, οὔτ’ ἔτι ἀποκαθαίρεται ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἄνω οὐδὲν, ἀλλὰ πνίγεταί τε καὶ δυσπνοεῖ ἀεὶ ἐπὶ μᾶλλον, καὶ ῥέγχει ἀναπνέων, καὶ ἀναπνέει αὐτόθεν ἄνωθεν ἐκ τῶν στηθέων, τέλος δὲ ἀποφράσσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πτύσματος, καὶ ἀποθνήσκει.

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Hippocrates, De morbis i-iii, 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.tlg023.local001/.