# Prorrheticon I 2.26

Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/prorrheticon-i/2.26

26. Οκόσαι δὲ ἐν γαστρὶ δοκέουσιν ἔχειν, οὐκ ἔχουσαι, καὶ πολλοὺς μῆνας ἐξαπατῶνται, τῶν καταμηνίων οὐ φαινομένων, καὶ τὰς γαστέρας ὁρῶσιν αὐξανομένας τε καὶ κινεομένας, αὗται κεφαλήν τε ἀλγέουσι καὶ τράχηλον καὶ ὑποχόνδρια· καὶ ἐν τοῖσι τιτθοῖσι γάλα οὐκ ἐγγίνεται σφίσιν, εἰ μὴ ὀλίγον τι καὶ ὑδαρὲς. Ἐπὴν δὲ τὸ κύρτωμα τὸ τῆς γαστρὸς ἀπολυθῇ, καὶ λαπαραὶ γένωνται, αὗται ἐν γαστρὶ λήψονται, ἢν μή τι ἄλλο κώλυμα γένηται σφίσιν· ἐπεὶ τὸ πάθος γε τοῦτο ἀγαθόν ἐστι μεταβολὴν ποιῆσαι ἐν τῇ ὑστέρῃ, ὥστε μετὰ τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον ἐν γαστρὶ λαμβάνειν. Τῇσι δ’ ἐχούσῃσιν ἐν γαστρὶ τὰ ἀλγήματα ταῦτα οὐ γίνεται, ἢν μὴ ξυνήθεα ἔωσι, καὶ γάλα ἐν τοῖσι τιτθοῖσιν ἐγγίνεται.

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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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