# Prorrheticon I 2.25

Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/prorrheticon-i/2.25

25. Ἢν δὲ πυρετοὶ γένωνται οὐ δυναμένῃ ἐν γαστρὶ λαβεῖν, καὶ λεπτῆς τῆς γυναικὸς ἐούσης, πυνθάνεσθαι χρὴ μή τι αἱ μῆτραι ἕλκος ἔχουσιν, ἢ ἄλλο τι τῶν πονηρῶν ὧν ἔγραψα· εἰ γὰρ ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ τούτῳ μηδὲν ὑπεὸν κακὸν φαίνοιτο αἴτιον τῆς λεπτύνσιός τε καὶ τοῦ μὴ συλλαμβάνειν δύνασθαι, αἷμα ἐμέσαι τὴν γυναῖκα προσδόκιμον· τὰ δὲ καταμήνια τῇ τοιαύτῃ ἠφανίσθαι ἀνάγκη· ἢν δὲ ὁ πυρετὸς λυθῇ ὑπὸ τῆς ῥήξιος τοῦ αἵματος, καὶ τά γε καταμήνια φανῇ, ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται· ἢν δὲ τὰ τῆς γαστρὸς πρὶν ἢ τὸ αἷμα ἀναῤῥαγῆναι ὑγρὰ γένηται πονηρὸν τρόπον, κίνδυνος ἀπολέσθαι τὴν γυναῖκα ἔμπροσθεν ἢ τὸ αἷμα ἐμέσαι.

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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.
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