Hippocrates, De officina medici, ed. Émile Littré, 13

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ὕδατος θερμότης, πλῆθος· θερμότης μὲν, κατὰ τῆς ἑωυτοῦ χειρὸς καταχεῖν· πλῆθος δὲ, χαλάσαι μὲν καὶ ἰσχνῆναι τὸ πλεῖστον, ἄριστον, σαρκῶσαι δὲ καὶ ἁπαλῦναι, τὸ μέτριον· μέτρον δὲ τῆς καταχύσιος, ἔτι μετεωριζομένου, δεῖ, πρὶν ξυμπίπτειν, παύεσθαι· τὸ μὲν γὰρ πρῶτον αἴρεται, ἔπειτα δὲ ἰσχναίνεται.

De officina medici. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Amsterdam. 1961.

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

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De officina medici First1KGreek (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 3. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1841) — 13 focus

13. Ὕδατος θερμότης, πλῆθος· θερμότης μὲν, κατὰ τῆς ἑωυτοῦ
χειρὸς καταχεῖν· πλῆθος δὲ, χαλάσαι μὲν καὶ ἰσχνῆναι τὸ πλεῖστον, ἄριστον, σαρκῶσαι δὲ καὶ ἁπαλῦναι, τὸ μέτριον· μέτρον
δὲ τῆς καταχύσιος, ἔτι μετεωριζομένου, δεῖ, πρὶν ξυμπίπτειν,
παύεσθαι· τὸ μὲν γὰρ πρῶτον αἴρεται, ἔπειτα δὲ ἰσχναίνεται.

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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.) — 13 focus

[13] As to the temperature and quantity of the water used, its heat should be just such as the hand can bear, and it ought to be known that a large quantity is best for producing relaxation and attenuation, whereas a moderate quantity is best for incarnating and softening. The limit to the affusion is, to stop when the parts become swelled up, and before the swelling subsides; for the parts swell up at first, and fall afterward.

Hippocrates De officina medici 13

ed. Émile Littré

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