Hippocrates, De officina medici, ed. Émile Littré, 8

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8. Ἀγαθὰ δὲ δύο εἴδεα τοῦ ἐπιδεομένου· ἰσχύος μὲν, ἢ πιέξει, ἢ πλήθει ὀθονίων. Τὸ μὲν οὖν, αὕτη ἡ ἐπίδεσις
ἰῆται, τὸ δὲ τοῖσιν ἰωμένοισιν ὑπηρετέει. Ἐς μὲν οὖν ταῦτα
νόμος· ἐν δὲ τουτέοισι μέγιστα ἐπιδέσιος· πίεξις μὲν, ὥστε
τὰ ἐπικείμενα μὴ ἀφεστάναι, μηδὲ ἐρηρεῖσθαι κάρτα, ἀλλὰ
ἡρμόσθαι μὲν, προσηναγκάσθαι δὲ μὴ, ἧσσον μὲν τὰ
ἔσχατα, ἥκιστα δὲ τὰ μέσα. Ἅμμα, καὶ ῥάμμα νεμόμενον μὴ κάτω, ἀλλ᾿ ἄνω, ἐν παρέξει, καὶ σχέσει, καὶ ἐπιδέσει, καὶ
πιέξει. Ἀρχὰς βάλλεσθαι μὴ ἐπὶ τὸ ἕλκος, ἀλλ᾿ ἔνθα τὸ
ἅμμα. Τὸ δὲ ἅμμα μήτε ἐν τρίβῳ, μήτε ἐν ἔργῳ, μήτε ἐκεῖσε, ὅκου ἐνεόν. Ἅμμα δὲ καὶ ῥάμμα μαλθακὸν, οὐ
μέγα.

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

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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).) — 8 focus

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ἀγαθὰ δὲ δύο εἴδεα τοῦ ἐπιδεομένου· ἰσχύος μὲν, ἢ πιέξει, ἢ πλήθει ὀθονίων. τὸ μὲν οὖν, αὕτη ἡ ἐπίδεσις ἰῆται, τὸ δὲ τοῖσιν ἰωμένοισιν ὑπηρετέει. ἐς μὲν οὖν ταῦτα νόμος· ἐν δὲ τουτέοισι μέγιστα ἐπιδέσιος· πίεξις μὲν, ὥστε τὰ ἐπικείμενα μὴ ἀφεστάναι, μηδὲ ἐρηρεῖσθαι κάρτα, ἀλλὰ ἡρμόσθαι μὲν, προσηναγκάσθαι δὲ μὴ, ἧσσον μὲν τὰ ἔσχατα, ἥκιστα δὲ τὰ μέσα. ἅμμα, καὶ ῤάμμα νεμόμενον μὴ κάτω, ἀλλʼ ἄνω, ἐν παρέξει, καὶ σχέσει, καὶ ἐπιδέσει, καὶ πιέξει. ἀρχὰς βάλλεσθαι μὴ ἐπὶ τὸ ἕλκος, ἀλλʼ ἔνθα τὸ ἅμμα. τὸ δὲ ἅμμα μήτε ἐν τρίβῳ, μήτε ἐν ἔργῳ, μήτε ἐκεῖσε, ὅκου ἐνεόν. ἅμμα δὲ καὶ ῤάμμα μαλθακὸν, οὐ μέγα.

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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.) — 8 focus

[8] There are two useful purposes to be fulfilled by bandaging: ( first,) strength, which is imparted by the compression and the number of folds. In one case the bandage effects the cure, and in another it contributes to the cure. For these purposes this is the rule—that the force of the constriction be such as to prevent the adjoining parts from separating, without compressing them much, and so that the parts may be adjusted but not forced together; and that the constriction be small at the extremities, and least of all in the middle. The knot and the thread that is passed through should not be in a downward but in an upward direction, regard being had to the circumstances under which the case is presented; to position, to the bandaging, and to the compression. The commencement of the ligatures is not to be placed at the wound, but where the knot is situated. The knot should not be placed where it will be exposed to friction, nor where it will be in the way, nor where it will be useless. The knot and the thread should be soft, and not large.

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