Hippocrates, De fracturis, ed. Émile Littré, 44

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44. Ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλα σίνεα κατ᾿ ἀγκῶνα ὀχλώδεα· τοῦτο μὲν
γὰρ, τὸ παχύτερον ὀστέον ἔστιν ὅτε ἐκινήθη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου, καὶ
οὔτε ξυγκάμπτειν, οὔτε κατατανύειν ὁμοίως δύνανται. Δῆλον
δὲ γίνεται, ψαυόμενον κατὰ τὴν ξύγκαμψιν τοῦ ἀγκῶνος παρὰ τὴν
διασχίδα τῆς φλεβὸς τὴν ἄνωθεν τοῦ μυὸς τείνουσαν. Οἷσι δὲ τὸ τοιοῦτον,
οὐκ ἔτι ῥηΐδιον ἐς τὴν ἑωυτοῦ φύσιν ἀγαγεῖν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλην οὐδεμίην ῥηΐδιον ξυμφυάδα κοινὴν δύο ὀστέων κινηθεῖσαν
ἐς τὴν ἀρχαίην φύσιν ἱδρυνθῆναι, ἀλλ᾿ ἀνάγκη ὄγκον ἴσχειν
τὴν διάστασιν. Ὡς δ᾿ ἐπιδέειν χρὴ ἐν ἄρθρῳ, ἐν τῇ κατὰ σφυρὸν
ἐπιδέσει εἴρηται.

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).) — 44 focus

44.

ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἄλλα σίνεα κατʼ ἀγκῶνα ὀχλώδεα· τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ, τὸ παχύτερον ὀστέον ἔστιν ὅτε ἐκινήθη ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου, καὶ οὔτε ξυγκάμπτειν, οὔτε κατατανύειν ὁμοίως δύνανται. δῆλον δὲ γίνεται, ψαυόμενον κατὰ τὴν ξύγκαμψιν τοῦ ἀγκῶνος παρὰ τὴν διασχίδα τῆς φλεβὸς τὴν ἄνωθεν τοῦ μυὸς τείνουσαν. οἷσι δὲ τὸ τοιοῦτον, οὐκ ἔτι ῤηΐδιον ἐς τὴν ἑωυτοῦ φύσιν ἀγαγεῖν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλην οὐδεμίην ῤηΐδιον ξυμφυάδα κοινὴν δύο ὀστέων κινηθεῖσαν ἐς τὴν ἀρχαίην φύσιν ἱδρυνθῆναι, ἀλλʼ ἀνάγκη ὄγκον ἴσχειν τὴν διάστασιν. ὡς δʼ ἐπιδέειν χρὴ ἐν ἄρθρῳ, ἐν τῇ κατὰ σφυρὸν ἐπιδέσει εἴρηται.

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On Fractures Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 44 focus

[44] There are also other troublesome injuries connected with the elbow-joint; for example, the thicker bone ( radius?) is sometime partially displaced from the other, and the patient can neither perform extension nor flexion properly. This accident becomes obvious upon examination with the hand at the bend of the arm near the division of the vein that runs up the muscle. In such a case it is not easy to reduce the parts to their natural state, nor is it easy, in the separation of any two bones united by symphysis, to restore them to their natural state, for there will necessarily be a swelling at the seat of the diastasis. The method of bandaging a joint has been already described in treating of the application of bandages to the ankle.

Hippocrates De fracturis 44

ed. Émile Littré

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