# Epidemiarum 5.26

Hippocrates, Epidemiarum, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/epidemiarum/5.26

26. Ὁ Μαλιεὺς, ἅμαξα αὐτῷ ἐπῆλθεν ἄχθος ἔχουσα ἐπὶ τὰς πλευρὰς, καὶ κατῆξε τῶν πλευρέων, καὶ χρόνον αὐτῷ ὑπέστη πῦον κάτωθεν τῶν πλευρέων. Ὑπὸ τὸν σπλῆνα καυθεὶς, ἔμμοτος ὢν, ἀφίκετο ἐς δέκα μῆνας. Ἀνατμηθὲν τὸ δέρμα, ὀπὴ ἐφάνη ἐς τὸ δέρτρον ἐπὶ θάτερα ἀφίκουσα, καὶ πρὸς τὸν νεφρὸν καὶ πρὸς τὰ ὀστέα ἐπῆλθε σαπρή. Τούτου ἥ τε σχέσις τοῦ σώματος παρέλαθεν ἐπίχολος ἐοῦσα, καὶ ἐν τῷ σώματι καὶ ἐν τῷ νοσήματι ἦν σηπεδών· σηπεδὼν τοῦ δέρτρου πουλλὴ καὶ ἄλλων σαρκῶν, ἃς ἔδει αὐτίκα ἐκβάλλειν, εἴ τις ἠδύνατο, ξηρῷ φαρμάκῳ, ἕως ἰσχύν τινα εἶχεν ὁ ἄνθρωπος· ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν ὑγρῶν οὐδὲν ἐπεδίδου, ἀλλ᾿ ἐσήπετο. Ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν μότων ἰσχομένου τοῦ ὑγροῦ, ῥῖγος ἐλάμβανε καὶ πυρετὸς, καὶ ἐσήπετο μᾶλλον· ἐπέῤῥει δὲ αὐτῷ σαπρόν τι ὑπόμελκν δυσῶδες, πρὶν δὲ ἐπιχειρέειν ἰητρεύεσθαι, οἷον ἑκάστης ἡμέρης συχνὸν διεπέρα ἔξω· ἦν δ᾿ οὐκ εὔροον. Ἐγνώσθη τὸ εἶναι ποῤῥωτέρω τὴν φύσιν τοῦ νοσἤματος ἢ ὑπὸ τὸ δέρμα· πάντα ἂν ὀρθῶς πάσχων, ὅμως οὐκ ἂν ἐδόκες σωθῆναι· καὶ διάῤῥοια ἐπέλαβεν.

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Hippocrates, Epidemiarum, 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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