Hippocrates, De fracturis, ed. Émile Littré, 38

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38. Τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὸν ἀγκῶνα ὀχλωδέστερά ἐστι τῶν κατὰ τὸ γόνυ,
καὶ δυσεμβολώτερα καὶ διὰ τὴν φλεγμονὴν καὶ διὰ τὴν φύσιν, ἢν
μή τις αὐτίκα ἐμβάλῃ. Ὀλισθάνει μὲν γὰρ ἧσσον, ἢ ἐκεῖνα,
δυσεμβολώτερα δὲ καὶ δυσθετώτερα, καὶ ἐπιφλεγμαίνει μᾶλλον καὶ
ἐπιπωροῦται.

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

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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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).) — 38 focus

38.

τὰ δὲ ὀλισθήματα τὰ κατὰ τὰ γούνατα, καὶ τὰ διακινήματα τῶν ὀστέων εὐηθέστερα πουλὺ τῶν κατʼ ἀγκῶνα κινημάτων καὶ ὀλισθημάτων. τό τε γὰρ ἄρθρον τοῦ μηροῦ εὐσταλέστερον ὡς ἐπὶ μεγέθει, ἢ τὸ τοῦ βραχίονος, καὶ δικαίην φύσιν μοῦνον ἔχον, καὶ ταύτην περιφερέα· τὸ δὲ τοῦ βραχίονος ἄρθρον μέγα τε καὶ βαθμίδας πλείονας ἔχον. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις, τὰ μὲν τῆς κνήμης ὀστέα παραπλήσια μῆκός ἐστι, καὶ σμικρόν τι οὐκ ἄξιον λόγου τὸ ἔξω ὀστέον ὑπερέχει, οὐδενὸς μεγάλου κώλυμα ἐὸν, ἀφʼ οὗ περ πέφυκεν ὁ ἔξω τένων ὁ παρὰ τὴν ἰγνύην· τὰ δὲ τοῦ πήχεος ὀστέα ἄνισά ἐστιν, καὶ τὸ βραχύτερον παχύτερον συχνῷ, τὸ δὲ λεπτότερον πολλῷ ὑπερβάλλει καὶ ὑπερέχει τὸ ἄρθρον· ἑξήρτηται μέντοι καὶ τοῦτο τῶν νεύρων κατὰ τὴν κοινὴν ξύμφυσιν τῶν ὀστέων· πλεῖον δὲ μέρος ἔχει τῆς ἐξαρτήσιος των νεύρων ἐν τῷ βραχίονι τὸ λεπτὸν ὀστέον, ἤπερ τὸ παχύ. ἡ μὲν οὖν φύσις τοιουτότροπος τῶν ἄρθρων τούτων καὶ τῶν ὀστέων τοῦ ἀγκῶνος. καὶ διὰ τὸν τρόπον τῆς φύσιος τὰ κατὰ τὸ γόνυ ὀστέα πολλάκις μὲν ὀλισθάνει, ῤηϊδίως δὲ ἐμπίπτει· φλεγμονὴ δὲ οὐ μεγαλη προσγίνεται, οὐδὲ δεσμὸς τοῦ ἄρθρου. ὀλισθάνει δὲ τὰ πλεῖστα ἐς τὸ ἔσω μέρος, ἔστι δʼ ὅτε καὶ ἐς τὸ ἔξω, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ ἐς τὴ ἰγνύην. τούτων ἁπάντων αἱ ἐμβολαὶ οὐ χαλεπαὶ, ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν ἔξω καὶ ἔσω ὀλισθάνοντα, καθῆσθαι μὲν χρὴ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐπὶ χαμαιζήλου τινὸς, τὸ δὲ σκέλος ἀνωτέρω ἔχειν, μὴ μὴν πολλῷ. κατάτασις δὲ ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πουλὺ μετρίη ἀρκέει, τῇ μὲν κατατείνειν τὴν κνήμην, τῇ δὲ ἀντιτείνειν τὸν μηρόν.

Translations (1)

On Fractures Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 38 focus

[38] Dislocations at the elbow are more troublesome than those at the knee, and, owing to the inflammation which comes on, and the configuration of the joint, are more difficult to reduce if the bones are not immediately replaced. For the bones at the elbow are less subject to dislocation than those of the knee, but are more difficult to reduce and keep in their position, and are more apt to become inflamed and ankylosed.

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