Hippocrates, Prognosticon, ed. Émile Littré, 10

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10. Περὶ δὲ ὕπνων, ὥσπερ κατὰ φύσιν ξύνηθες ἡμῖν ἐστι,
τὴν μὲν ἡμέρην ἐγρηγορέναι χρὴ, τὴν δὲ νύκτα καθεύδειν. Ἢν δὲ
εἴη τοῦτο μεταβεβλημένον, κάκιον· ἥκιστα. δ᾿ ἂν λυπέοιτο,
εἰ κοιμῷτο τὸ πρωΐ ἐς τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς ἡμέρης· οἱ δὲ
ἀπὸ τουτέου| τοῦ χρόνου ὕπνοι πονηρότεροί εἰσι· κάκιστον δὲ μὴ
κοιμᾶσθαι, μήτε τῆς νυκτὸς, μήτε τῆς ἡμέρης· ἢ γὰρ ὑπὸ
ὀδύνης τε καὶ πόνων ἀγρυπνέειν ἢ παραφρονήσειν ἕπεται ἀπὸ τουτέου
τοῦ σημείου.

Prognosticon. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1840.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Prognosticon (Greek) (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 2. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1840)

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Προγνωστικόν Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 2. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 10 focus

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περὶ δὲ ὕπνων, ὥσπερ κατὰ φύσιν ξύνηθες ἡμῖν ἐστι, τὴν μὲν ἡμέρην ἐγρηγορέναι χρὴ, τὴν δὲ νύκτα καθεύδειν. ἢν δὲ εἴη τοῦτο μεταβεβλημένον, κάκιον· ἥκιστα δʼ ἂν λυπέοιτο, εἰ κοιμῷτο τὸ πρωϊ ἐς τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῆς ἡμέρης· οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τουτέου τοῦ χρόνου ὕπνοι πονηρότεροί εἰσι· κάκιστον δὲ μὴ κοιμᾶσθαι, μήτε τῆς νυκτὸς, μήτε τῆς ἡμέρης· ἢ γὰρ ὑπὸ ὀδύνης τε καὶ πόνων ἀγρυπνέειν ἢ παραφρονήσειν ἕπεται ἀπὸ τουτέου τοῦ σημείου.

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Of the Prognostics Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 10 focus

[10] With regard to sleep—as is usual with us in health, the patient should wake during the day and sleep during the night. If this rule be anywise altered it is so far worse: but there will be little harm provided he sleep in the morning for the third part of the day; such sleep as takes place after this time is more unfavorable; but the worst of all is to get no sleep either night or day; for it follows from this symptom that the insomnolency is connected with sorrow and pains, or that he is about to become delirious.

Hippocrates Prognosticon 10

ed. Émile Littré

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