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1. Τῶν ἀνθρώπων αἱ κεφαλαὶ οὐδὲν ὁμοίως σφίσιν αὐταῖς,
οὐδὲ αἱ ῥαφαὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς πάντων κατὰ ταὐτὰ πεφύκασιν. Ἀλλ᾿
ὅστις μὲν ἔχει ἐκ τοῦ ἔμπροσθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς προβολὴν (ἡ δὲ προβολή
ἐστι τὸ τοῦ ὀστέου ἐξέχον στρογγύλον παρὰ τὸ ἄλλο), τουτέου
εἰσὶν αἱ ῥαφαὶ πεφυκυῖαι ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ, ὡς γράμμα τὸ ταῦ,
Τ, γράφεται· τὴν μὲν γὰρ βραχυτέρην γραμμὴν ἔχει πρὸ τῆς προβολῆς
ἐπικαρσίην πεφυκυῖαν· τὴν δ᾿ ἑτέρην γραμμὴν ἔχει διὰ
μέσης τῆς κεφαλῆς κατὰ μῆκος πεφυκυῖαν ἐς τὸν τράχηλον αἰεί.
Ὅστις δ᾿ ὄπισθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς τὴν προβολὴν ἔχει, αἱ ῥαφαὶ τουτέῳ
πεφύκασι τἀναντία ἢ τῷ προτέρῳ· ἡ μὲν γὰρ βραχυτέρη γραμμὴ
πρὸ τῆς προβολῆς πέφυκεν ἐπικαρσίη· ἡ δὲ μακροτέρη διὰ μέσης
τῇς κεφαλῆς πέφυκε κατὰ μῆκος ἐς τὸ μέτωπον αἰεί. Ὅστις δὲ
ἀμφοτέρωθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς προβολὴν ἔχει, ἐκ τε τοῦ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὄπισθεν, τουτέῳ αἱ ῥαφαί εἰσιν ὁμοίως πεφυκυῖαι ὡς
γράμμα τὸ ἦτα, Η, γράφεται· πεφύκασι δὲ τῶν γραμμέων αἱ
μὲν μακραὶ, πρὸ τῆς προβολῆς ἑκατέρης ἐπικάρσιαι πεφυκυῖαι·
ἡ δὲ βραχείη διὰ μέσης τῆς κεφαλῆς κατὰ μῆκος πρὸς ἑκατέρην
τελευτῶσα τὴν μακρὴν γραμμήν. Ὅστις δὲ μηδ᾿ ἑτέρωθι
μηδεμίαν προβολὴν ἔχει, οὗτος ἔχει τὰς ῥαφὰς τῆς κεφαλῆς,
ὡς γράμμα τὸ χῖ, Χ, γράφεται· πεφύκασι δὲ αἱ γραμμαὶ, ἡ μὲν
ἑτέρη ἐπικαρσίη πρὸς τὸν κρόταφον ἀφίκουσα· ἡ δὲ ἑτέρη, κατὰ
μῆκος διὰ μέσης τῆς κεφαλῆς. Δίπλοον δ᾿ ἐστὶ τὸ ὐστέον κατὰ μέσην
τὴν κεφαλήν· σκληρότατον δὲ καὶ πυκνότατον αὐτέου πέφυκεν τό
τε ἀνώτατον, ᾗ ἡ ὁμοχροίη τοῦ ὀστέου ἡ ὑπὸ τῇ σαρκὶ, καὶ τὸ κατώτατον τὸ πρὸς τῇ μήνιγγι, ᾗ ἡ ὁμοχροίη τοῦ
ὀστέου ἡ κάτω· ἀποχωρέον δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνωτάτου ὀστέου καὶ
τοῦ κατωτάτου, ἀπὸ τῶν σκληροτάτων καὶ πυκνοτάτων ἐπὶ τὸ
μαλθακώτερον καὶ ἧσσον πυκνὸν καὶ ἐπικοιλότερον ἐς τὴν
διπλόην αἰεί. Ἡ δὲ διπλόη κοιλότατον καὶ μαλθακώτατον καὶ μάλιστα σηραγγῶδές ἐστιν. Ἔστι δὲ καὶ πᾶν τὸ ὀστέον τῆς
κεφαλῆς, πλὴν κάρτα ὀλίγου τοῦ τε ἀνωτάτου καὶ τοῦ κατωτάτου,
σπόγγῳ ὅμοιον· καὶ ἔχει τὸ ὀστέον ἐν ἑωυτῷ ὁκοῖα σαρκία
πολλὰ καὶ ὑγρὰ, καὶ εἴ τις αὐτὰ διατρίβοι τοῖσι δακτύλοισιν, αἷμα
ἂν διαγίγνοιτο ἐξ αὐτέων. Ἔνι δ᾿ ἐν τῷ ὀστέῳ καὶ φλέβια
λεπτότερα καὶ κοιλότερα, αἵματος πλέα. Σκληρότητος μὲν οὖν
καὶ μαλθακότητος καὶ κοιλότητος ὧδε ἔχει.

De capitis vulneribus. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1841.

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De capitis vulneribus (Greek) (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 3. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1841)

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Περὶ τῶν ἐν κεφαλῇ τρωμάτων Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 3. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 1 focus

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τῶν ἀνθρώπων αἱ κεφαλαὶ οὐδὲν ὁμοίως σφίσιν αὐταῖς, οὐδὲ αἱ ῤαφαὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς πάντων κατὰ ταὐτὰ πεφύκασιν. ἀλλʼ ὅστις μὲν ἔχει ἐκ τοῦ ἔμπροσθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς προβολὴν (ἡ δὲ προβολή ἐστι τὸ τοῦ ὀστέου ἐξέχον στρογγύλον παρὰ τὸ ἄλλo), τουτέου εἰσὶν αἱ ῤαφαὶ πεφυκυῖαι ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ, ὡς γράμμα τὸ ταῦ, Τ, γράφεται· τὴν μὲν γὰρ βραχυτέρην γραμμὴν ἔχει πρὸ τῆς προβολῆς ἐπικαρσίην πεφυκυῖαν· τὴν δʼ ἑτέρην γραμμὴν ἔχει διὰ μέσης τῆς κεφαλῆς κατὰ μῆκος πεφυκυῖαν ἐς τὸν τράχηλον αἰεί. ὅστις δʼ ὄπισθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς τὴν προβολὴν ἔχει, αἱ ῤαφαὶ τουτέῳ πεφύκασι τἀναντία ἢ τῷ προτέρῳ· ἡ μὲν γὰρ βραχυτέρη γραμμὴ πρὸ τῆς προβολῆς πέφυκεν ἐπικαρσίη· ἡ δὲ μακροτέρη διὰ μέσης τῇς κεφαλῆς πέφυκε κατὰ μῆκος ἐς τὸ μέτωπον αἰεί. ὅστις δὲ ἀμφοτέρωθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς προβολὴν ἔχει, ἐκ τε τοῦ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὄπισθεν, τουτέῳ αἱ ῤαφαί εἰσιν ὁμοίως πεφυκυῖαι ὡς γράμμα τὸ ἦτα, , γράφεται· πεφύκασι δὲ τῶν γραμμέων αἱ μὲν μακραὶ, πρὸ τῆς προβολῆς ἑκατέρης ἐπικάρσιαι πεφυκυῖαι· ἡ δὲ βραχείη διὰ μέσης τῆς κεφαλῆς κατὰ μῆκος πρὸς ἑκατέρην τελευτῶσα τὴν μακρὴν γραμμήν. ὅστις δὲ μηδʼ ἑτέρωθι μηδεμίαν προβολὴν ἔχει, οὗτος ἔχει τὰς ῤαφὰς τῆς κεφαλῆς, ὡς γράμμα τὸ χῖ, Χ, γράφεται· πεφύκασι δὲ αἱ γραμμαὶ, ἡ μὲν ἑτέρη ἐπικαρσίη πρὸς τὸν κρόταφον ἀφίκουσα· ἡ δὲ ἑτέρη, κατὰ μῆκος διὰ μέσης τῆς κεφαλῆς. Δίπλοον δʼ ἐστὶ τὸ ὀστέον κατὰ μέσην τὴν κεφαλήν· σκληρότατον δὲ καὶ πυκνότατον αὐτέου πέφυκεν τό τε ἀνώτατον, ᾗ ἡ ὁμοχροίη τοῦ ὀστέου ἡ ὑπὸ τῇ σαρκὶ, καὶ τὸ κατώτατον τὸ πρὸς τῇ μήνιγγι, ᾗ ἡ ὁμοχροίη τοῦ ὀστέου ἡ κάτω· ἀποχωρέον δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνωτάτου ὀστέου καὶ τοῦ κατωτάτου, ἀπὸ τῶν σκληροτάτων καὶ πυκνοτάτων ἐπὶ τὸ μαλθακώτερον καὶ ἧσσον πυκνὸν καὶ ἐπικοιλότερον ἐς τὴν διπλόην αἰεί. ἡ δὲ διπλόη κοιλότατον καὶ μαλθακώτατον καὶ μάλιστα σηραγγῶδές ἐστιν. ἔστι δὲ καὶ πᾶν τὸ ὀστέον τῆς κεφαλῆς, πλὴν κάρτα ὀλίγου τοῦ τε ἀνωτάτου καὶ τοῦ κατωτάτου, σπόγγῳ ὅμοιον· καὶ ἔχει τὸ ὀστέον ἐν ἑωυτῷ ὁκοῖα σαρκία πολλὰ καὶ ὑγρὰ, καὶ εἴ τις αὐτὰ διατρίβοι τοῖσι δακτύλοισιν, αἷμα ἂν διαγίγνοιτο ἐξ αὐτέων. ἔνι δʼ ἐν τῷ ὀστέῳ καὶ φλέβια λεπτότερα καὶ κοιλότερα, αἵματος πλέα. σκληρότητος μὲν οὖν καὶ μαλθακότητος καὶ κοιλότητος ὧδε ἔχει.

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

[1] MEN’S heads are by no means all like to one another, nor are the sutures of the head of all men constructed in the same form. Thus, whoever has a prominence in the anterior part of the head (by prominence is meant the round protuberant part of the bone which projects beyond the rest of it), in him the sutures of the head take the form of the Greek letter tau, T; for the head has the shorter line running transverse before the prominence, while the other line runs through the middle of the head, all the way to the neck. But whoever has the prominence in the back part of the head, in him the sutures are constructed in quite the opposite form to the former; for in this case the shorter line runs in front of the prominence, while the longer runs through the middle all along to the forehead. But whoever has a prominence of the head both before and behind, in him the sutures resemble the Greek letter eta E; for the long lines of the letter run transverse before each prominence while the short one runs through the middle and terminates in the long lines. But whoever has no prominence on either part he has the sutures of the head resembling the Greek letter chi; for the one line comes transverse to the temple while the other passes along the middle of the head. The bone at the middle of the head is double, the hardest and most compact part being the upper portion, where it is connected with the skin, and the lowest, where it is connected with the meninx (dura mater); and from the uppermost and lowermost parts the bone gradually becomes softer and less compact, till you come to the diploe. The diploe is the most porous, the softest, and most cavernous part. But the whole bone of the head, with the, exception of a small portion of the uppermost and lowermost portions of it, is like a sponge; and the bone has in it many juicy substances, like caruncles; and if one will rub them with the fingers, some blood will issue from them. There are also in the bone certain very slender and hollow vessels full of blood. So it is with regard to hardness, softness, and porosity.

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ed. Émile Littré

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