# De natura ossium 6

Hippocrates, De natura ossium, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

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

6. Παρὰ δὲ κληβδος ἑκατέρης τῶν φλεβῶν δύο μὲν ἄνω, δύο δὲ ὑπὸ τὸ στῆθος, αἱ μὲν ἐς δεξιὰ, αἱ δὲ ἐς ἀριστερὰ ἀπεσχίσθησαν ἀποσχίδες, πρὸς αὐχένος μὲν μᾶλλον αὗται· δύο δὲ πρὸς καρδίην μᾶλλον, αἱ μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιὰ, αἱ δὲ ἐπ’ ἀριστερά· ἀφ’ ἑκατέρης παρὰ τὰς πλευράς· καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτέων ὥσπερ αἱ κάτω ἐσχίζοντο, μέχρις ὅτου ξυνέμιξαν τῇ κάτω παλινδρομησάσῃ ἀπὸ καρδίης.

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Hippocrates, De natura ossium, 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.
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