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ᾧ δὲ ἀπὸ παιδίου συνηύξηται καὶ συντέτροφεν, ἔθος πεποίηται ἐν τῇσι μεταβολῇσι τῶν πνευμάτων τοῦτο πάσχειν καὶ ἐπίληπτον

ὡς τὰ πολλὰ γίνεσθαι, καὶ μάλιστα ἐν τοῖσι νοοισιν ἡ τε ἀπάλλαξις χαλεπὴ γίνεται: ὁ γὰρ ἐγκέφαλος ὑγρότερος γέγονε τῆς φύσιος καὶ πλημμυρεῖ ὑπὸ τοῦ φλέγματος, ὥστε τοὺς μὲν καταῤρόους πυκνοτέρους γίνεσθαι, ἐκκριθῆναι δὲ μηκέτι οἷόν τε εἶναι τὸ φλέγμα, μηδὲ ἀναξηρανθῆναι τὸν ἐγκέφαλον, ἀλλὰ διαβεβρέχθαι καὶ εἶναι ὑγρόν.

γνοίη δ᾽ ἄν τις τόδε μάλιστα τοῖσι προβάτοισι τοσι καταλήπτοισι γινομένοισιν ὑπὸ τῆς νούσου ταύτης καὶ μάλιστα τῇσιν αἰξίν: αὗται γὰρ πυκνότατα λαμβάνονται: ἢν ὁιακόψῃς τὴν κεφαλὴν, εὑρήσεις τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ὑγρὸν ἐόντα καὶ ὅδρωπος περίπλεων καὶ κακὸν ὄζοντα, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ δηλονότι γνώσῃ ὅ σὐχ ὁ θεὸς τὸ σῶμα λυμαίνεται, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ νοῦσος.

οὕτω δ᾽ ἔχετ καὶ τῷ ἀνθρώπ ὁκόταν γὰρ ὁ χρόνος γένηται τῇ νούσῳ, οὐκ ἔτι ἰήσιμος γίνεται: διεσθίεται γὰρ ὁ ἐγκέφαλος ὑπὸ τοῦ φλέγματος καὶ τήκετ, τὸ δὲ ἀποτηκόμενον ὕδωρ γίνεται, καὶ περιέχει τὸν ἰγκέφαλον ἐκτὸς καὶ περικλύζει: καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πυκνότερον ἐπίληπτοι γίνονται καὶ Ρ῾ᾷον.

διὸ δὴ πουλυχρόνιος ἡ νοῦσος, ὅτι τὸ ἐπιῤΡ῾έον λεπτόν ἐστιν ὑπὸ πολυπληθίης, καὶ εὐθὺς κρατέεται ὑπὸ τοῦ αἵματος καὶ διαθερμαίνεται.

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

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