Hippocrates, De articulis, ed. Émile Littré, 27

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27. Ὅλη δὲ ἡ χεὶρ ὀλισθάνει, ἢ ἔσω, ἢ ἔξω, ἢ ἔνθα, ἢ ἔνθα,
μάλιστα δὲ εἴσω· ἔστι δ᾿ ὅτε καὶ ἡ ἐπίφυσις ἐκινήθη· ἔστι δ᾿ ὅτε
τὸ ἕτερον τῶν ὀστέων διέστη. Τουτέοισι κατάτασις ἰσχυρὴ ποιητέη·
καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐξέχον ἀπωθέειν, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον ἀντωθέειν, δύο εἴδεα ἅμα,
ἐς τοὐπίσω καὶ ἐς τὸ πλάγιον, ἢ χερσὶν ἐπὶ τραπέζης, ἢ πτέρνῃ.
Παλίγκοτα δὲ καὶ ἀσχήμονα· τῷ δὲ χρόνῳ κρατύνεται ἐς χρῆσιν.
Ἴησις, ὀθονίοισι ξὺν τῇ χειρὶ καὶ τῷ πήχεϊ· καὶ νάρθηκας
μέχρι δακτύλων τιθέναι· ἐν νάρθηξι δὲ τεθέντα ταῦτα
πυκνότερον λύειν, ἢ τὰ κατήγματα, καὶ καταχύσει πλείονι
χρέεσθαι.

De articulis. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1844.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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De articulis (Greek) (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 4. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1844)

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Περὶ ἄρθρων Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 4. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 27 focus

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ὅλη δὲ ἡ χεὶρ ὀλισθάνει, ἢ ἔσω, ἢ ἔξω, ἢ ἔνθα, ἢ ἔνθα, μάλιστα δὲ εἴσω· ἔστι δʼ ὅτε καὶ ἡ ἐπίφυσις ἐκινήθη· ἔστι δʼ ὅτε τὸ ἕτερον τῶν ὀστέων διέστη. τουτέοισι κατάτασις ἰσχυρὴ ποιητέη· καὶ τὸ μὲν ἐξέχον ἀπωθέειν, τὸ δὲ ἕτερον ἀντωθέειν, δύο εἴδεα ἅμα, ἐς τοὐπίσω καὶ ἐς τὸ πλάγιον, ἢ χερσὶν ἐπὶ τραπέζης, ἢ πτέρνῃ. Παλίγκοτα δὲ καὶ ἀσχήμονα· τῷ δὲ χρόνῳ κρατύνεται ἐς χρῆσιν. ἴησις, ὀθονίοισι ξὺν τῇ χειρὶ καὶ τῷ πήχεϊ· καὶ νάρθηκας μέχρι δακτύλων τιθέναι· ἐν νάρθηξι δὲ τεθέντα ταῦτα πυκνότερον λύειν, ἢ τὰ κατήγματα, καὶ καταχύσει πλείονι χρέεσθαι.

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On the Articulations Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 27 focus

[27] The whole hand is dislocated either inward or outward, or to this side or that, but more especially inward; and sometimes the epiphysis is displaced, and sometimes the other of these bones is separated. In these cases strong extension is to be applied, and pressure is to be made on the projecting bone, and counter-pressure on the opposite side, both at the same time, behind and at the side, with the hands upon a table, or with the heel. These accidents give rise to serious consequences and deformities; but in the course of time the part gets strong, and admits of being used. The cure is with bandages, which ought to embrace both the hand and fore-arm; and splints are to be applied as far as the fingers; and when they are used they should be more frequently unloosed than infractures, and more copious affusions of water should be used.

Hippocrates De articulis 27

ed. Émile Littré

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