# Vectiarius 17

Hippocrates, Vectiarius, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/vectiarius/17

17. Ὅλη δὲ ἡ χεὶρ ὀλισθάνει ἢ ἔσω ἢ ἔξω, μάλιστα δὲ ἔσω, ἢ ἔνθα ἢ ἔνθα· ἔστι δ᾿ ὅτε ἡ ἐπίφυσις ἐκινήθη· ἔστι δ᾿ ὅτε τὸ ἕτερον τῶν ὀστέων διέστη. Τουτέοισι κατάτασις ἰσχυρὴ ποιητέη, καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐξέχον ἀπωθέειν, τὸ δ᾿ ἕτερον ἀντωθέειν, δύο εἴδεα ἅμα, καὶ ἐς τοὐπίσω καὶ ἐς τὸ πλάγιον, ἢ χερσὶν ἐπὶ τραπέζης, ἢ πτέρνῃ. Παλίγκοτα δὲ καὶ ἀσχήμονα, τῷ χρόνῳ δὲ κρατύνεται ἐς χρῆσιν. Ἴησις, ὀθονίοισι ξὺν τῇ χειρὶ καὶ τῷ πήχεϊ, καὶ νάρθηκας μέχρι δακτύλων τιθέναι· ἐν νάρθηξι δὲ τεθέντα ταῦτα πυκνότερον λύειν, ἢ τὰ κατήγματα, καὶ καταχύσει πλέονι χρῆσθαι.

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Hippocrates, Vectiarius, 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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