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τὸ δὲ νούσημα τοῦτο οὐδέν τί μοι δοκέει θειότερον εἶναι τῶν λοιπῶν, ἀλλὰ φύσιν μὲν ἔχει ἣν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα νουσήματα, καὶ πρόφασιν ὅθεν ἕκαστα γίνεται: φύσιν δὲ τοῦτο καὶ πρόφασιν ἀπὸ ταὐτοῦ τὸ θεῖον γίνεσθαι ἀφ᾽ ὅτου καὶ τἄλλα πάντα, καὶ ἰητὸν εἶναι, καὶ οὐδὲν ἧσσον ἑτέρων, ὅ τι ἂν μὴ ἤδη ὑπὸ χρόνου πολλοῦ καταβεβιασμένον ἔῃ, ὥστε ἤδη εἶναι ἰσχυρότερον τῶν φαρμάκων τῶν προσφερομένων.

ἄρχεται δὲ ὥσπερ καὶ τἄλλα νουσήματα κατὰ γένος: εἰ γὰρ ἐκ φλεγματώδεος φλεγματώδης, καὶ ἐκ χολώδεος χολώδης γίνεται, καὶ ἐκ φθινώδεος φθινώδης, καὶ ἐκ σπληνώδεος σπληνώδης, τί κωλύει ὅτῳ πατὴρ καὶ μήτηρ εἴχετο, τούτῳ τῷ νοσήματι καὶ τῶν ἐκγόνων ἔχεσθαί τινα; ὡς ὁ γόνος ἔρχεται πάντοθεν τοῦ σώματος, ἀπό τε τῶν ὑγιηρῶν ὑγιηρὸς, ἀπό τε τῶν νοσερῶν νοσερός.

ἕτερον δὲ μέγα τεκμήριον ὅτι οὐδὲν θειότερόν ἐστι τῶν λοιπῶν νουσημάτων:

τοῖσι γὰρ φλεγματώδεσι φύσει γίνεται: τοῖσι δὲ χολώδεσιν οὐ προσπίπτει: καίτοι εἰ θειότερόν ἐστι τῶν ἄλλων, τοῖσιν ἅπασιν ὁμοίως ἔδει γίνεσθαι τὴν νοῦσον ταύτην, καὶ μὴ διακρίνειν μήτε χολώδεα μήτε φλεγματώδεα.

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

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