Hippocrates, Prognosticon, ed. Émile Littré, 16

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16. Ἐπισκέπτεσθαι δὲ χρὴ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ ἐμπυήματος ἔσεσθαι λογιζόμενον ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρης ἧς τὸ πρῶτον ὁ ἄνθρωπος
ἐπύρεξεν, ἢ εἴ ποτε αὐτὸν ῥῖγος ἔλαβε, καὶ εἰ φαίη
ἀντὶ τῆς ὀδύνης αὐτέῳ βάρος γεγενῆσθαι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐν ᾧ
ἤλγεεν· ταῦτα γὰρ ἐν ἀρχῇσι γίγνεται τῶν ἐμπυημάτων.
Ἐξ οὖν τουτέων τῶν χρόνων τὴν ῥῆξιν χρὴ προσδέχεσθαι τῶν
ἐμπυημάτων ἔσεσθαι ἐς τοὺς χρόνους τοὺς προειρημένους. Εἰ δὲ εἴη
τὸ ἐμπύημα ἐπὶ θάτερα μοῦνον, στρέφειν τε καὶ καταμανθάνειν
χρὴ ἐπὶ τουτέοισι, μή τι ἔχῃ ἄλγημα ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλευρῷ· καὶ
ἢν θερμότερον ᾖ τὸ ἕτερον τοῦ ἑτέρου, κατακλινομένου ἐπὶ
τὸ ὑγιαῖνον πλευρὸν, ἐρωτᾷν εἴ τι αὐτέῳ δοκέει βαρὺ ἀποκρέμασθαι
ἐκ τοῦ ἄνωθεν. Εἰ γὰρ εἴη τοῦτο, ἐπὶ θάτερόν
ἐστι τὸ ἐμπύημα, ἐπὶ ὁκοῖον ἂν πλευρὸν τὸ βάρος γίγνηται.

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).) — 16 focus

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ἐπισκέπτεσθαι δὲ χρὴ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ ἐμπυήματος ἔσεσθαι λογιζόμενον ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμέρης ἧς τὸ πρῶτον ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐπύρεξεν, ἢ εἴ ποτε αὐτὸν ῤῖγος ἔλαβε, καὶ εἰ φαίη ἀντὶ τῆς ὀδύνης αὐτέῳ βάρος γεγενῆσθαι ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐν ᾧ ἤλγεεν· ταῦτα γὰρ ἐν ἀρχῆσι γίγνεται τῶν ἐμπυημάτων. ἐξ οὖν τουτέων τῶν χρόνων τὴν ῤῆξιν χρὴ προσδέχεσθαι τῶν ἐμπυημάτων ἔσεσθαι ἐς τοὺς χρόνους τοὺς προειρημένους. εἰ δὲ εἴη τὸ ἐμπύημα ἐπὶ θάτερα μοῦνον, στρεφειν τε καὶ καταμανθάνειν χρὴ ἐπὶ τουτέοισι, μή τι ἔχῃ ἄλγημα ἐν τῷ ἑτέρῳ πλευρῷ· καὶ ἢν θερμότερον ᾖ τὸ ἕτερον τοῦ ἑτέρου, κατακλινομένου ἐπὶ τὸ ὑγιαῖνον πλευρὸν, ἐρωτᾷν εἴ τι αὐτέῳ δοκέει βαρὺ ἀποκρέμασθαι ἐκ τοῦ ἄνωθεν. εἰ γὰρ εἴη τοῦτο, ἐπὶ θάτερόν ἐστι τὸ ἐμπύημα, ἐπὶ ὁκοῖον ἂν πλευρὸν τὸ βάρος γίγνηται.

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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.) — 16 focus

[16] One should estimate when the commencement of the suppuration will take place, by calculating from the day on which the patient was first seized with fever, or if he had a rigor, and if he says, that there is a weight in the place where he had pain formerly, for these symptoms occur in the commencement of suppurations. One then may expect the rupture of the abscesses to take place from these times according to the periods formerly stated. But if the empyema be only on either side, one should turn him and inquire if he has pain on the other side; and if the one side be hotter than the other, and when laid upon the sound side, one should inquire if he has the feeling of a weight hanging from above, for if so, the empyema will be upon the opposite side to that on which the weight was felt.

Hippocrates Prognosticon 16

ed. Émile Littré

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