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[p. 83] καὶ ἐν αἵματι ἀπεψίη ξυμβῇ, γίγνεται τὸ αἷμα χολοειδὲς, σκίδναται δὲ παντὶ τρέφον: διὰ τόδε παντὶ φαίνεται χολή: δεινὸν μὲν γὰρ τὸ πάθος, φοβερὴ δὲ ἡ χρόη εἴδεϊ, καὶ χρυσοει δέες ἔασι τὴν χροιήν: οὐ γὰρ ἀνθρώπῳ εὐπρεπὲς ὅ γε ἐν λίθῳ καλὸν ἔῃ: περιττὸν δέ μοι φράζειν καὶ πόθεν τοὔνομα, πλὴν ὁκόσον τῶν χερσαίων ἰκτίδων τῶν τετραπόδων θηρίων, τοιοῖσι δὲ ἔασι οἱ ὦπες ὁ ῖοίδε. εἴδεα τοῦ πάθεος δοιά. ἢ γὰρ ἐς τὸ ξανθὸν καὶ τὸ κροκῶδες ἐτράπη τοῦ λευκοχλώρου εἴδεος, ἢ ἐς τὸ πελιδνὸν καὶ μέλαν. τῶνδε μέντοι ἡ αἰτίη ἡ δὴ καὶ χολῶν ἐστι αἰτίη: καὶ γὰρ καὶ τῆσδε ἡ μὲν ξανθὴ, λεπτὴ, διειδὴς, λευκοτέρου εἴδεος, ἡ δὲ κατακορὴς, ὡς κρόκον, ἢ λέκιθον φάναι, τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἴδεος.1 δευτέρη δὲ μελαντέρης χροιῆς, πρασίζουσα , ἰσσατώδης, μέλαινα : μυρίαι δὲ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν χροιῶν παραλλαγαί : παρὰ δὲ τὸ θερμὸν τουτέων καὶ τὰ ὑγρὰ ἡ τροπή. ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ σπλάγχνα τοῦδέ ἐστι αἴτια: ἢν ᾖ ξανθὸν, ὡς τὸ ἧπαρ: ἢ πελιδνὸν, ὡς ὁ σπλήν: ἢν μὲν ἐπὶ σπλάγχνῳ τινὶ ἴκτερος γένηται, ἐπὶ ἥπατι μὲν, τὰ ἥπατος προφανέα : ἐπὶ δὲ σπληνὶ, τὰ σπληνός. ἕκαστα δὲ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἑκάστου : ἢν δὲ μηδενὸς φαίνηται, τῆς ὅλης ἕξιός ἐστι ἡ πάθη. διαφανῆ δὲ κατὰ τὰ λευκὰ ἐν τοῖσι ὀφθαλμοῖσι:2 μετώπου δὲ, πρὸς κροτάφοισι μᾶλλον: τοῖσι λευκοῖσι φύσι, καὶ ἐπὶ σμικρῷ ἰκτέρῳ ἡ χροιὴ μέζων ἐπανθέει. Ὁκόσοισι μὲν οὖν μέλας ὁ ἴκτερος, χροιῇ μελάγχλωροι, Ρ῾ιγώδεες, ἀδρανέες, ὄκνῳ εἴκοντες, ἄθυμοι, βρωμώδεες δὲ τὴν ὀσμὴν, πικροὶ δὲ τὴν γεῦσιν, τὴν ἀναπνοὴν οὐκ εὔκολοι, γαστρὶ δακνώδεες, διαχωρήματα πρασοειδέα, ὑπομέλανα, ξηρὰ, μόλις διαχωρούμενα, οὖρα κατακορέα ἐπὶ τὸ μελάντερον.
1 the text here given, is as amended by Petit and Ermerins. In the mss. it is much vitiated.
2 the common reading, διαφανῆ δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖσι λευκοτάτοισι ὀφθαλμοῖσι, being evidently at fault, I have not scrupled to adopt the conjectural emendation of Ermerins.
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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