Hippocrates, De officina medici, ed. Émile Littré, 4

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4. Ὄνυχας μήτε ὑπερέχειν, μήτε ἐλλείπειν· δακτύλων κορυφῇσι χρῆσις· ἀσκέειν, δακτύλοισι μὲν ἄκροις, τὰ πλεῖστα λιχανῷ
πρὸς μέγαν· ὅλῃ δὲ, καταπρηνεῖ· ἀμφοτέρῃσι δὲ, ἐναντίῃσιν·
δακτύλων εὐφυΐα, μέγα τὸ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν δακτύλων, καὶ ἀπεναντίον
τὸν μέγαν τῷ λιχανῷ. Νοῦσος δὲ δι᾿ ἣν καὶ βλάπτονται,
οἷσιν ἐκ γενεῆς ἢ ἐν τροφῇ εἴθισται ὁ μέγας ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων δακτύλων κατέχεσθαι, δῆλον. Τὰ ἔργα πάντα ἀσκέειν ἑκατέρῃ
δρῶντα, καὶ ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ἅμα (ὅμοιαι γάρ εἰσιν ἀμφότεραι),
στοχαζόμενον ἀγαθῶς, καλῶς, ταχέως, ἀπόνως, εὐρύθμως,
εὐπόρως.

De officina medici. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1841.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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

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Κατ’ ἰητρεῖον Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 3. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 4 focus

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ὄνυχας μήτε ὑπερέχειν, μήτε ἐλλείπειν· δακτύλων κορυφῇσι χρῆσις· ἀσκέειν, δακτύλοισι μὲν ἄκροις, τὰ πλεῖστα λιχανῷ πρὸς μέγαν· ὅλῃ δὲ, καταπρηνεῖ· ἀμφοτέρῃσι δὲ, ἐναντίῃσιν· δακτύλων εὐφυΐα, μέγα τὸ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν δακτύλων, καὶ ἀπεναντίον τὸν μέγαν τῷ λιχανῷ. νοῦσος δὲ διʼ ἣν καὶ βλάπτονται, οἷσιν ἐκ γενεῆς ἢ ἐν τροφῇ εἴθισται ὁ μέγας ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων δακτύλων κατέχεσθαι, δῆλον. τὰ ἔργα πάντα ἀσκέειν ἑκα τέρῃ δρῶντα, καὶ ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ἅμα (ὅμοιαι γάρ εἰσιν ἀμφότεραι), στοχαζόμενον ἀγαθῶς, καλῶς, ταχέως, ἀπόνως, εὐρύθμως, εὐπόρως.

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On the Surgery Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 4 focus

[4] The nails should be neither longer nor shorter than the points of the fingers; and the surgeon should practice with the extremities of the fingers, the index-finger being usually turned to the thumb; when using the entire hand, it should be prone; when both hands, they should be opposed to one another. It greatly promotes a dexterous use of the fingers when the space between them is large, and when the thumb is opposed to the index. But it is clearly a disease when the thumb is impaired from birth, or when, from a habit contracted during the time of nursing, it is impeded in its motions by the fingers. One should practice all sorts of work with either of them, and with both together (for they are both alike), endeavouring to do them well, elegantly, quickly, without trouble, neatly, and promptly.

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