# De morbo sacro 4

Hippocrates, De morbo sacro, Section 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-morbo-sacro/4

4. κατὰ ταύτας δὲ τὰς φλέβας καὶ ἐσαγόμεθα τὸ πουλὺ τοῦ πνεύματος· αὗται γὰρ ἡμέων εἰσὶν ἀναπνοαὶ τοῦ σώματος τὸν ἠέρα ἐς σφᾶς ἕλκουσαι, καὶ ἐς τὸ σῶμα τὸ λοιπὸν ὀχετεύουσι κατὰ τὰ φλέβια, καὶ ἀναψύχουσι καὶ πάλιν ἀφιᾶσιν. οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε τὸ πνεῦμα στῆναι, ἀλλὰ χωρέει ἄνω καὶ κάτω· ἢν γὰρ στῇ που καὶ ἀποληφθῇ, ἀκρατὲς γίνεται ἐκεῖνο τὸ μέρος ὅπου ἂν στῇ· τεκμήριον δέ· ὁκόταν καθημένῳ ἢ κατακειμένῳ φλέβια πιεσθῇ, ὥστε τὸ πνεῦμα μὴ διεξιέναι διὰ τῆς φλεβὸς, εὐθὺς νάρκη ἔχει. περὶ μὲν τῶν φλεβῶν καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν οὕτως ἔχει.

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Hippocrates, De morbo sacro, 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.tlg027.local002/.