# Epidemiarum 5.7

Hippocrates, Epidemiarum, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/epidemiarum/5.7

7. Εὐπόλεμος ἐν Οἰνειάδῃσιν ὠδυνᾶτο ἰσχυρῶς ἰσχίον τὸ δεξιὸν, καὶ τὸν βουβῶνα, καὶ τὴν πλησίον ξυμβολὴν πρὸς τοῦ ἰσχίου ἀπὸ τοῦ βουβῶνος, καὶ τοῦ ἰσχίου τὸ πρόσθεν. Τούτῳ αἷμα ἀφῃρέθη ἀπὸ τοῦ σφυροῦ πουλὺ πάνυ, καὶ μέλαν, καὶ παχύ· καὶ φάρμακον ἔπιεν ἐλατήριον, καὶ ἐκαθάρθη πουλλά· καὶ ῥηΐων μέν τι ἐγένετο· Αἱ δὲ ὀδύναι οὐκ ἐξέλιπον, ἀλλ᾿ ἔμπυον ἔσχε τό τε ἰσχίον, καὶ τὴν κοχώνην, καὶ τὸ ἀμφὶ τὸν βουβῶνα, ἅπερ ὠδυνᾶτο καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον· τὸ δὲ πῦον ἐγένετο πρὸς τὸ ὀστέον μᾶλλον, ἢ πρὸς τὸ τῆς σαρκὸς κατὰ βάθος· καὶ ἐλελήθει χρόνον οὕτως ἔχων, ἕως πάνυ ἀσθενὴς ἐγένετο. Ἔπειτα ἐκαύθη ἐσχάρας πάνυ πολλὰς, καὶ μεγάλαι ἐγένοντο καὶ πλησίαι ἀλλήλων, καὶ πῦον ἐῤῥύη πουλὺ καὶ παχύ· καὶ ἔθανεν ὀλίγῃσιν ἡμέρῃσι μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ ὑπὸ μεγέθεος τῶν ἑλκέων καὶ πλήθεος, καὶ ἀσθενείης τοῦ σώματος. Οὗτος ἐδόκεεν ἂν, εἰ ἐτμήθη εὔροον μίην τομὴν, καὶ πρὸς τόμον ἀφίετο τὸ πῦον, καὶ, εἰ προσέδει τομῆς ἑτέρης, ταμεῖν εὔροον, ταῦτα παθὼν ἐν τῇ ὥρῃ ἐδόκεεν ἂν ὑγιὴς γενέσθαι.

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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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