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1 Hippocrat. Aph. ii. 42.
2 hippocrat. Epid iii.; and Prorrhet. ii.
3 The common reading, ἑλκέων νἑυει, having evidently no meaning, I follow Wigan and Ermerins in adopting this word. I am also indebted to the latter for various other amendments in this chapter, which I do not think it necessary to mention singly.
4 although I have not ventured to alter the reading, it appears to me, from the distinction which our author makes above between the cerebral and spinal nerves, that he refers here to the latter, and that we ought to read, νωτιαίου μυελοῦ; or, perhaps, the former word might be dispensed with.
5 Ermerins does not hesitate to substitute αἰσθήσιος in place of κινήσιος, as fancying that the sense requires this change.
6 this can scarcely be the true reading. Should it not be Ρ῾αγῇ ?
7 The common reading is ἱκανὰ, which appears to have no meaning. The emendation is due to Ermerins. I have adopted it; although I must be permitted to say, it is far from satisfactory. The translation given by Ermerins is: “Quasi ligna ad regulam dolaret”; but it does not seem at all appropriate to the passage.
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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