On the Heart, or De Corde trans. by I.M. Lonie in Lloyd, G.E.R., Hippocratic Writings. London: Penguin Books, 1978, pp. 347-351, ch. 6.


6. The inside surface of both chambers is rough, as though innate heat is not situated in the right. It is therefore quite to be expected that the left chamber should be rougher than the right, being filled as it is with untempered heat. Hence it is of such massive construction - to protect it against the strength of the heat.


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