# Prorrheticon I 2.16

Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/prorrheticon-i/2.16

16. Ὁ δὲ νωτιαῖος μυελὸς ἢν νοσέῃ ἤν τε ἐκ πτώματος, ἤν τε ἐξ ἄλλης τινὸς προφάσιος, ἤν τε ἀπὸ αὐτομάτου, τῶν τε σκελέων ἀκρατὴς γίνεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ὥστε μηδὲ θιγγανόμενος ἐπαΐειν, καὶ τῆς γαστρὸς καὶ τῆς κύστιος, ὥστε τοὺς μὲν πρώτους χρόνους μήτε κόπρον μήτε οὖρον διαχωρέειν, ἢν μὴ πρὸς ἀνάγκην. Ὅταν δὲ παλαιότερον γένηται τὸ νόσημα, οὐκ ἐπαΐοντι τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἥ τε κόπρος διαχωρέει καὶ τὸ οὖρον· ἀποθνήσκει δὲ μετὰ ταῦτα οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον χρόνῳ.

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Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, 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.tlg016.local001/.