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ἤ, εἰ γιγνώσκοι τι, πονήρως ἐπὶ τοὺς παῖδας
χρήσεται βασανίζων ἐλευθερίαν ἀκραιφνοῦς αἵματος.
τῆς μὲν δὴ προειρημένης ἐπιστήμης ἡ γυμναστικὴ
τοσούτῳ τελεωτέρα, πρὸς δέ γε ἰατρικὴν ὧδε ἔχει:
νοσήματα, ὁπόσα κατάῤῥους καὶ ὑδέρους καὶ φθόας
ὀνομάζομεν, καὶ ὁπόσαι ἱεραὶ νόσοι, ἰατροὶ μὲν
παύουσιν ἐπαντλοῦντές τι ἢ ἀποκλύζοντες ἢ ἐπιπλάττοντες,
γυμναστικὴ δὲ τὰ τοιαῦτα διαίταις ἴσχει
καὶ τρίψει. ῥήξαντα δέ τι ἢ τρωθέντα ἢ θολωθέντα
τὸ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς φῶς ἢ ὀλισθήσαντά τινα τῶν ἄρθρων
ἐς ἰατροῦ χρὴ φέρειν, ὡς οὐδὲν ἡ γυμναστικὴ
πρὸς τὰ τοιαῦτα.
ἀρκούντως μὲν οἶμαι ἀποδεδεῖχθαί μοι, ὁπόση
πρὸς ἑκατέραν ἐπιστήμην ἡ γυμναστική ἐστι, δοκῶ
δέ μοι κἀκεῖνο ἐν αὐτῇ ὁρᾷν: ἰατρικὴν πᾶσαν ὁ
αὐτὸς οὐδεὶς ἂν ῾ξυλλαμβάνειν δύναιτὀ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν
ῥηγμάτων ἐπαίειν, ὁ δὲ ξυνιέναι πυρεττόντων, ὁ δὲ
ὀφθαλμιώντων, ὁ δὲ φθισικῶν ὑγιῶς ἁπάντων, καὶ
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μεγάλου ὄντος τοῦ κἂν σμικρόν τι αὐτῆς ἐξεργάσασθαι
ὀρθῶς φασὶν οἱ ἰατρικοὶ πᾶσαν γιγνώσκειν:
γυμναστικὴν δὲ οὐκ ἂν ἐπαγγείλαιτό τις ὁμοῦ πᾶσαν,
ὁ γὰρ τὰ δρομικὰ εἰδὼς τὰ τῶν παλαιόντων καὶ τῶν
παγκρατιαζόντων οὐκ ἐπιστήσεται, καὶ ὁ τὰ βαρύτερα
γυμνάζων ἀμαθῶς τῆς ἄλλης ἐπιστήμης ἅψεται.
Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Athenian. Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.
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