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εἰ δέ τις σκέπτοιτο τὴν τῶν καμνόντων δίαιταν πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὑγιαινόντων, εὕροι ἂν τὴν τῶν θηρίων τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων οὐ βλαβερωτέρην πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὑγιαινόντων. ἀνὴρ γὰρ κάμνων νοσήματι μήτε τῶν χαλεπῶν τε καὶ ἀπόρων μήτε αὖ τῶν παντάπασιν εὐηθέων, ἀλλ᾽ ὅ τι αὐτῷ ἐξαμαρτάνοντι μέλλει ἐπίδηλον ἔσεσθαι, εἰ ἐθέλοι καταφαγεῖν ἄρτον καὶ κρέας ἢ ἄλλο τι ὧν οἱ ὑγιαίνοντες ἐσθίοντες ὠφελέονται, μὴ πολλόν, [10] ἀλλὰ πολλῷ ἔλασσον ἢ ὑγιαίνων ἂν ἐδύνατο, ἄλλος τε τῶν ὑγιαινόντων φύσιν ἔχων μήτε [p. 26] παντάπασιν ἀσθενέα μήτε αὖ ἰσχυρὴν φάγοι τι ὧν βοῦς ἢ ἵππος φαγὼν ἂν ὠφελοῖτό τε καὶ ἰσχύοι, ὀρόβους ἢ κριθὰς ἢ ἄλλο τι τῶν τοιούτων, μὴ πολύ, ἀλλὰ πολλῷ μεῖον ἢ δύναιτο, οὐκ ἂν ἧσσον ὁ ὑγιαίνων τοῦτο ποιήσας πονήσειέ τε καὶ κινδυνεύσειε κείνου τοῦ νοσέοντος, ὃς τὸν ἄρτον ἢ τὴν μᾶζαν ἀκαίρως προσηνέγκατο. ταῦτα δὴ πάντα τεκμήρια, ὅτι αὕτη ἡ τέχνη πᾶσα ἡ ἰητρικὴ [20] τῇ αὐτῇ ὁδῷ ζητεομένη εὑρίσκοιτο ἄν.
Hippocrates Collected Works I. Hippocrates. W. H. S. Jones. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1868.
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