Hippocrates, De fracturis, ed. Émile Littré, 45

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45. Ἔστι δ᾿ οἷσι κατήγνυται τοῦ πήχεος τὸ ὀστέον τὸ ὑποτεταγμένον
τῷ βραχίονι, ὁτὲ μὲν τὸ χονδρῶδες αὐτοῦ ἀφ᾿ οὗ πέφυκεν
ὁ τένων ὁ ὄπισθεν τοῦ βραχίονος· [ὁτὲ δὲ τὰ πρόσω κατὰ
τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἐκφύσεως τοῦ προσθίου κορωνοῦ·] καὶ ἐπὴν τοῦτο
κινηθῇ, πυρετῶδες καὶ κακόηθες γίνεται· τὸ μέντοι ἄρθρον μένει
ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ χώρῃ· πᾶσα γὰρ ἡ βάσις αὐτέου ταύτῃ ὑπερέχει.
Ὅταν δὲ ἀπαγῇ ταύτῃ ᾗ ὑπερέχει ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος,
πλανωδέστερον τὸ ἄρθρον γίνεται, ἢν παντάπασιν
ἀποκαυλισθῇ. Ἀσινέστερα δὲ, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰρῆσθαι,
πάντα τὰ κατηγνύμενα τῶν ὀστέων ἐστὶν, ἢ οἷσι τὰ μὲν
ὀστέα οὐ κατάγνυται, φλέβες δὲ καὶ νεῦρα ἐπίκαιρα ἀμφιφλᾶται
ἐν τούτοισι τοῖσι χωρίοισιν· ἐγγυτέρω γὰρ θανάτου
πελάξει ταῦτα ἢ ἐκεῖνα, ἢν ἐκπυρωθῇ ξυνεχεῖ πυρετῷ· ὀλίγα
γε μὴν τὰ τοιαῦτα κατήγματα γίνεται.

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).) — 45 focus

45.

ἔστι δʼ οἷσι κατήγνυται τοῦ πήχεος τὸ ὀστέον τὸ ὁποτεταγμένον τῷ βραχίονι, ὁτὲ μὲν τὸ χονδρῶδες αὐτοῦ ἀφʼ οὗ πέφυκεν ὁ τένων ὁ ὄπισθεν τοῦ βραχίονος· [ὁτὲ δὲ τὰ πρόσω κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἐκφύσεως τοῦ προσθίου κορωνοῦ·] καὶ ἐπὴν τοῦτο κινηθῇ, πυρετῶδες καὶ κακόηθες γίνεται· τὸ μέντοι ἄρθρον μένει ἐν τῇ ἑωυτοῦ χώρῃ· πᾶσα γὰρ ἡ βάσις αὐτέου ταύτῃ ὑπερέχει. ὅταν δὲ ἀπαγῇ ταύτῃ ᾗ ὑπερέχει ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ βραχίονος, πλανωδέστερον τὸ ἄρθρον γίνεται, ἢν παντάπασιν ἀποκαυλισθῇ. ἀσινέστερα δὲ, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰρῆσθαι, πάντα τὰ κατηγνύμενα τῶν ὀστέων ἐστὶν, ἢ οἷσι τὰ μὲν ὀστέα οὐ κατάγνυται, φλέβες δὲ καὶ νεῦρα ἐπίκαιρα ἀμφιφλᾶται ἐν τούτοισι τοῖσι χωρίοισιν· ἐγγυτέρω γὰρ θανάτου πελάζει ταῦτα ἢ ἐκεῖνα, ἢν ἐκπυρωθῇ ξυνεχεῖ πυρετῷ· ὀλίγα γε μὴν τὰ τοιαῦτα κατήγματα γίνεται.

Translations (1)

On Fractures Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 45 focus

[45] In certain cases the process of the ulna ( olecranon?) behind the humerus is broken; sometimes its cartilaginous part, which gives origin to the posterior tendon of the arm, and sometimes its fore part, at the base of the anterior coronoid process; and when this displacement takes place, it is apt to be attended with malignant fever. The joint, however, remains in place, for its whole base protrudes at that point. But when the displacement takes place where its head overtops the arm, the joint becomes looser if the bone be fairly broken across. To speak in general terms, all cases of fractured bones are less dangerous than those in which the bones are not broken, but the veins and important nerves ( tendons?) situated in these places are contused; for the risk of death is more immediate in the latter class of cases than in the former, if continual fever come on. But fractures of this nature seldom occur.

Hippocrates De fracturis 45

ed. Émile Littré

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