# De morbis i-iii 1.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-morbis-i-iii/1.4

4. Τὰ δὲ ἐπὶ κακοῖσιν ἀνάγκη κακὰ γίνεσθαι· ῥῖγος ἢν λάβῃ, πῦρ ἐπιλαβεῖν· καὶ νεῦρον ἢν διακοπῇ, σπασμόν· καὶ μήτε ξυμφῦναι διακοπὲν ἐπιφλεγμῆναί τε ἰσχυρῶς· καὶ ἢν ὁ ἐγκέφαλος σεισθῇ τε καὶ πονέσῃ, πληγέντος, ἄφωνον παραχρῆμα γενέσθαι ἀνάγκη, καὶ μήτε ὁρῇν, μήτε ἀκούειν· ἢν δὲ τρωθῇ, πυρετόν τε ἐπιγενέσθαι καὶ χολῆς ἔμετον, καὶ ἀπόπληκτόν τι τοῦ σώματος γενέσθαι, καὶ ἀπολέσθαι· ἐπίπλοον δὲ ἢν ἐκπέσῃ, ἀνάγκη τοῦτο ἀποσαπῆναι· καὶ ἢν αἷμα ἐκ τρώματος ἢ φλεβὸς ῥυῇ ἐς τὴν ἄνω κοιλίην, ἀνάγκη τοῦτο πῦος γενέσθαι.

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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/.