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ἐμβάλλοντα δὲ, ἐλλέβορον μαλθακὸν πιπίσαι χρὴ αὐθημερὸν, ἢν αὐθημερὸν ἐμβληθῇ: εἰ δὲ μὴ, οὐδ᾽ ἐγχειρέειν χρή.

τὸ δὲ ἕλκος ἰητρεύειν χρὴ, οἷσί περ κεφαλῆς ὀστέα κατεηγυίης, καὶ ψυχρὸν μηδὲν προσφέρειν: σιτίου δέ στερῆσαι τελέως: καὶ ἢν μὲν πικρόχολος φύσει ᾖ, ὀξύγλυκυ εὐῶδες ὀλίγον ἐπὶ ὕδωρ ἐπιστάζοντα, τουτέῳ διαιτᾷν: ἢν δὲ μὴ πικρόχολος ᾖ, ὕδατι

πόματι χρῆσθαι: καὶ ἢν μὲν πυρεταίνῃ ξυνεχῶς, τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἡμέρῃσι τὸ ἐλάχιστον οὕτω διαιτᾷν, ἢν δὲ ἀπύρετος ᾖ, ἑπτὰ ἡμέρῃσιν: ἔπειτα ἐκ προσαγωγῆς κατὰ λόγον ἐς φαύλην δίαιταν ἄγειν.

καὶ οἷσιν ἂν μὴ ἐμβληθῇ τὰ ὀστέα, καὶ τὴν φαρμακείην χρὴ τοιαύτην ποιέεσθαι, καὶ τῶν ἑλκέων τὴν μελέτην καὶ τὴν δίαιταν: ὡσαύτως καὶ τὸ ἀπαιωρεύμενον τοῦ σώματος μὴ κατατείνειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ προσάγειν μᾶλλον, ὥστε χαλαρώτερον εἶναι τὸ κατὰ τὸ ἕλκος.

τῶν δὲ ὀστέων ἀπόστασις χρονίη, ὥσπερ καὶ πρόσθεν εἴρηται.

μάλιστα δὲ χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα διαφυγεῖν, ἅμα ἤν τις καλὴν ἔχῃ τὴν ἀποφυγήν: αἵ τε γὰρ ἐλπίδες ὀλίγαι, καὶ οἱ κίνδυνοι πολλοί: καὶ μὴ ἐμβάλλων ἄτεχνος ἂν δοκέοι εἶναι, καὶ ἐμβάλλων ἐγγυτέρω ἂν τοῦ θανάτου ἀγάγοι, ἢ τῆς σωτηρίης.

Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate. Hippocrates. A. Littre. Amsterdam. Adolf M. Hakkert.

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