# Vectiarius 19

Hippocrates, Vectiarius, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/vectiarius/19

19. Δακτύλου δὲ ἄρθρον ὀλισθὸν μὲν, εὔσημον, οὐ δεῖ γράφειν. ἐμβολὴ δὲ αὐτοῦ ἥδε· κατατείναντα ἐς ἰθὺ, τὸ μὲν ἐξέχον ἀπωθέειν, τὸ δὲ ἐναντίον ἀντωθέειν. Ἴησις δὲ ἡ προσήκουσα, τοῖσιν ὀθονίοισιν ἐπίδεσις. Μὴ ἐμπεσὸν γὰρ ἐπιπωροῦται ἔξωθεν. Ἐκ γενεῆς δὲ ἢ ἐν αὐξήσει ἐξαρθρήσαντα τὰ ὀστέα βραχύνεται κάτω τοῦ ὀλισθήματος· καὶ σάρκες μινύθουσι τἀναντία μάλιστα, ἢ ὡς τὸ ἔκπτωμα· ηὐξημένῳ δὲ τὰ ὀστέα μένει.

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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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