# Vectiarius 3

Hippocrates, Vectiarius, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/vectiarius/3

3. Οὖς κατεαγὲν, μὴ ἐπιδεῖν, μηδὲ καταπλάσσειν· ἢν δέ τι δέῃ, ὡς κουφότατον, ἡ κηρωτή· καὶ θείῳ κατακολλᾷν. Ὧν δὲ ἔμπυα τὰ ὦτα, διὰ παχέος εὑρίσκεται· πάντα δὲ τὰ ὑπόμυξα καὶ τῇ ὑγρῇ σαρκὶ πλήρεα ἐξαπατᾷ· οὐ μὴ βλάβη γένηται στομωθὲν τὸ τοιοῦτον· ἐστὶ γὰρ ἄσαρκα καὶ ὑδατώδεα, μύξης πλέα, ὅπου δὲ καὶ οἷα ἐόντα θανατώδεά ἐστι, παρεθέντα. Ὤτων καῦσις πέρην, τάχιστα ὑγιάζει· κυλλὸν δὲ καὶ μεῖον γίνεται τὸ οὖς, ἢν πέρην καυθῇ. Ἢν δὲ στομωθῇ, κούφῳ ἐναίμῳ δεήσει 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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