Hippocrates, Prognosticon, ed. Émile Littré, 21

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κεφαλῆς δὲ ὀδύναι ἰσχυραί τε καὶ ξυνεχέες ξὺν πυρετῷ· ἢν μέν τι τῶν θανατωδέων σημείων προσγίγνοιτο, ὀλέθριον κάρτα. εἰ δὲ ἄτερ τῶν τοιούτων σημείων ἡ ὀδύνη ὑπερβάλλοι εἴκοσιν ἡμέρας, ὅ τε πυρετὸς ἔχοι, ὑποσκέπτεσθαι χρὴ αἵματος ῤῆξιν διὰ ῤινῶν, ἢ ἄλλην τινὰ ἀπόστασιν ἐς τὰ κάτω χωρία· ἔστʼ ἂν δὲ ἡ ὀδύνη ᾖ νεαρὰ, προσδέχεσθαι χρὴ ὡσαύτως αἵματος ῤῆξιν διὰ ῤινῶν, ἢ ἐκπύησιν, ἄλλως τε ἢν ἡ ὀδύνη περὶ τοὺς κροτάφους καὶ τὸ μέτωπον ᾖ· μᾶλλον δὲ χρὴ προσδέχεσθαι τοῦ μὲν αἵματος τὴν ῤῆξιν τοῖσι νεωτέροισι πέντε καὶ τριήκοντα ἐτέων, τοῖσι δὲ γεραιτέροισι τὴν ἐκπύησιν.

Prognosticon. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Amsterdam. 1961.

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

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Prognosticon First1KGreek (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 2. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1840) — 21 focus

21. Κεφαλῆς δὲ ὀδύναι ἰσχυραί τε καὶ ξυνεχέες ξὺν πυρετῷ·
ἢν μέν τι τῶν θανατωδέων σημείων προσγίγνοιτο,
ὀλέθριον κάρτα. Εἰ δὲ ἄτερ τῶν τοιούτων σημείων ἡ ὀδύνη
ὑπερβάλλοι εἴκοσιν ἡμέρας, ὅ τε πυρετὸς ἔχοι, ὑποσκέπτεσθαι χρὴ
αἵματος ῥῆξιν διὰ ῥινῶν, ἢ ἄλλην τινὰ ἀπόστασιν ἐς τὰ κάτω
χωρία· ἔστ᾿ ἂν δὲ ἡ ὀδύνη ᾖ νεαρὰ, προσδέχεσθαι χρὴ
ὡσαύτως αἵματος ῥῆξιν διὰ ῥινῶν, ἢ ἐκπύησιν, ἄλλως τε ἢν
ἡ ὀδύνη περὶ τοὺς κροτάφους καὶ τὸ μέτωπον ᾖ· μᾶλλον δὲ
χρὴ προσδέχεσθαι τοῦ μὲν αἵματος τὴν ῥῆξιν τοῖσι νεωτέροισι
πέντε καὶ τριήκοντα ἐτέων, τοῖσι δὲ γεραιτέροισι τὴν ἐκπύησιν.

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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.) — 21 focus

[21] Strong and continued headaches with fever, if any of the deadly symptoms be joined to them, are very fatal. But if without such symptoms the pain be prolonged beyond twenty days, a discharge of blood from the nose or some abscess in the inferior parts may be anticipated; but while the pain is recent, we may expect in like manner a discharge of blood from the nose, or a suppuration, especially if the pain be seated above the temples and forehead; but the hemorrhage is rather to be looked for in persons younger than thirty years, and the suppuration in more elderly persons.

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