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[p. 68] βήσσουσι, καὶ ἀνάγουσι οὐδὲν, καὶ τούσδε φθισικοὺς κικλήσκουσι, οὐ πάνυ ἀσήμως. ξύνεστι δὲ τοῦ θώρηκος βάρος: πλεύμων γὰρ ἄπονος,1 ἄση, δυσφορίη, ἀποσιτίη, ἑσπέρῃ περίψυξις, καὶ θέρμη ἐς τὴν ἕω: ἱδρὼς ἄχρι θώρηκος τῆς θέρμης δυσφορώτερος: βηχὸς ἀναγωγαὶ ποικίλαι, ὁκοίας ἔλεξα. φωνὴ βραγχώδης: αὐχὴν ὑποσκόλιος, Ρ῾αδινὸς, οὐκ εὐπαράγωγος: ὁκοῖόν τι ξυντετα μένος: δάκτυλοι ἰσχνοὶ, τὰ δὲ ἄρθρα παχέα: ὀστέων μούνων ἡ ἰδέη: σμύχονται γὰρ καὶ σάρκες: ὄνυχες γρυποὶ δακτύλων, αἱ κοιλίαι Ρ῾υσαὶ καὶ πλατέες: 2 ὑπ᾽ ἀσαρκίας γὰρ οὔτε τὴν περιταινίην οὔτε τὸ στρογγύλον ἴσχουσι. διὰ τόδε καὶ ὄνυχες γρυποί: ἥδε γὰρ ἡ ἀνακωχὴ, καὶ ἡ ὑπόστασις αὐτέων, ἥτις ἐν τῇσι κορυφῇσι πεπλησμένη εἵνεκεν αὐτῶν: ἔστι καὶ ὁ τόνος, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ στερεά:3 Ρ῾ὶς ὀξείη, ἰσχνὴ, μῆλα ὑπερίσχοντα καὶ ἐρυθρὰ, ὀφθαλμοὶ κοῖλοι, στιλπνοὶ, γανόωντες : οἰδαλέοι, καὶ ὠχροὶ, ἢ πελιδνοὶ τὰ πρόσωπα. γνάθων τὰ λεπτὰ τοῖσι ὀδοῦσι προσιζάνσει μειδιῶσι ἴκελον, τὰ πάντα νεκρώδεες. ὧδε καὶ τὰ πάντα ἴσχει: ἰσχνοὶ, ἄσαρκοι, βραχιόνων μύες ἄδηλοι, μαζῶν οὐδὲ ἴχνη, ἐκφανέες δὲ μοῦναι θηλαί. πλευρὰς οὐ καταλέξαι μοῦνον εὔσημον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅπη κραίνουσι, ἐσιδεῖν Ρ῾ηΐδιον : οὐδὲ γὰρ αἱ πρὸς τοὺς σπονδύλους συναθρώσιες εὐξύγκρυπτοι: δῆλαι δὲ καὶ αἱ εἰς τὸ στέρνον ἐπιβολαί : τὰ
1 in all the mss. and editions, except that of Ermerins, we read ἄτονος, which is unsuitable to the place.
2 Ermerins, on his own authority, substitutes πλατέαι; but the other reading is in accordance with a well-known Ionic usage. All the recent translators have fallen into the mistake of applying this passage to the abdomen; whereas a careful examination of the context will show that it is out of the question in this place. Crassus more correctly renders it thus: “Digitorum ventres rugosi et lati.” Κοιλίαι in this place evidently applies to the pulps of the fingers.
3 in this passage we are under obligations to Ermerins; in particular for supplying τόνος instead of πόνος. I have not adopted his other alterations.
The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian. Aretaeus. Francis Adams LL.D. Boston. Milford House Inc. 1972 (Republication of the 1856 edition).
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