Hippocrates, De fracturis, ed. Émile Littré, 21

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21. Τὰ δὲ οἰδήματα τὰ κατ᾿ ἰγνύην, ἢ κατὰ πόδα, ἢ κατά τι
ἄλλο ἐξαειρεύμενα ὑπὸ τῆς πιέξιος, εἰρίοισι πουλλοῖσι, ῥυπαροῖσιν,
εὖ κατεργασμένοισιν, οἴνῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ ῥήνας, κηρωτῇ ὑποχρίων,
καταδεῖν, καὶ ἢν πιέζωσιν οἱ νάρθηκες, χαλᾷν. Θᾶσσον
ἰσχναίνοις δ᾿ ἂν, εἰ, ἀφιεὶς τοὺς νάρθηκας, ὀθονίοισι συχνοῖσιν ἐπιδέοις τὰ οἰδήματα, ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ κατωτάτω ἐπὶ τὰ
ἄνω νεμόμενος· οὕτω γὰρ ἄν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο,
καὶ ὑπερθοίη ἂν ὑπὸ τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐπιδέσματα. Ἀλλ᾿ οὐ χρὴ τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ χρῆσθαι τῆς ἐπιδέσιος, ἢν μὴ κίνδυνος ᾖ ἐν
τῷ οἰδήματι φλυκταινώσιος ἢ μελασμοῦ· γίνεται δὲ οὐδὲν τοιοῦτο,
ἢν μὴ ἄγαν τις πιέζῃ τὸ κάτηγμα, ἢ κατακρεμάμενον ἔχῃ, ἢ
κνῆται τῇ χειρὶ, ἢ ἄλλο τι προσπίπτῃ ἐρεθιστικὸν πρὸς τὸν
χρῶτα.

De fracturis. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1841.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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Περὶ ἀγμῶν Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 3. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 21 focus

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τὰ δὲ οἰδήματα τὰ κατʼ ἰγνύην, ἢ κατὰ πόδα, ἢ κατά τι ἄλλο ἐξαειρεύμενα ὑπὸ τῆς πιέξιος, εἰρίοισι πουλλοῖσι, ῤυπαροῖσιν, εὖ κατεργασμένοισιν, οἴνῳ καὶ ἐλαίῳ ῤήνας, κηρωτῇ ὑποχρίων, καταδεῖν, καὶ ἢν ζωσιν οἱ νάρθηκες, χαλᾷν. θᾶσσον ἰσχναίνοις δʼ ἂν, εἰ, ἀφιεὶς τοὺς νάρθηκας, ὀθονίοισι συχνοῖσιν ἐπιδέοις τὰ οἰδήματα, ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ κατωτάτω ἐπὶ τὸ ἄνω νεμόμενος· οὕτω γὰρ ἄν τάχιστα ἰσχνὸν τὸ οἴδημα γένοιτο, καὶ ὑπερθοίη ἂν ὑπὸ τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐπιδέσματα. ἀλλʼ οὐ χρὴ τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ χρῆσθαι τῆς ἐπιδέσιος, ἢν μὴ κίνδυνος ᾖ ἐν τῷ οἰδήματι φλυκταινώσιος ἢ μελασμοῦ· γίνεται δὲ οὐδὲν τοιοῦτο, ἢν μὴ ἄγαν τις πιέζῃ τὸ κάτηγμα, ἢ κατακρεμάμενον ἔχῃ, ἢ κνῆται τῇ χειρὶ, ἢ ἄλλο τι προσπίπτῃ ἐρεθιστικὸν πρὸς τὸν χρῶτα.

Translations (1)

On Fractures Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 21 focus

[21] The swellings which arise in the ham, at the foot, or in any other part from the pressure, should be well wrapped in unscoured and carded wool, washed with wine and oil, and anointed with cerate, before bandaging; and if the splints give pain they should be slackened. You may sooner reduce the swellings, by laying aside the splints, and applying plenty of bandages to them, beginning from below and rolling upward; for thus the swellings will be most speedily reduced, and the humors be propelled to the parts above the former bandages. But this form of bandaging must not be used unless there be danger of vesications or blackening in the swelling, and nothing of the kind occurs unless the fracture be bound too tight, or unless the limb be allowed to hang, or it be rubbed with the hand, or some other thing of an irritant nature be applied to the skin.

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