# Epidemiarum 5.9

Hippocrates, Epidemiarum, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/epidemiarum/5.9

9. Ἀθήνῃσιν, ἄνθρωπος ξυσμῷ εἴχετο πᾶν τὸ σῶμα, μάλιστα δὲ τοὺς ὄρχιας καὶ τὸ μέτωπον, εἴχετο δὲ πάνυ σφόδρα, καὶ τὸ δέρμα παχὺ ἦν καθ᾿ ἅπαν τὸ σῶμα, καὶ οἷόν περ λέπρη τὴν πρόσοψιν· καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἀπέλαβες οὐδαμόθεν τοῦ δέρματος ὑπὸ τῆς παχύτητος· τοῦτον οὐδεὶς ἠδύνατο ὠφελῆσαι· διελθὼν δὲ ἐς Μῆλον, ᾗ τὰ θερμὰ λοετρὰ, τοῦ μὲν κνησμοῦ ἐπαύσατο καὶ τῆς παχυδερμίης· ὑδρωπιήσας δὲ ἔθανεν.

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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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