Hippocrates, De morbo sacro, ed. Émile Littré, 9

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9. Τοὺς δὲ πρεσβυτέρους οὐκ ἀποκτείνει, ὁκόταν ἐπιγένηται,
οὐδὲ διαστρέφει· αἵ τε γὰρ φλέβες εἰσὶ κοῖλαι καὶ αἵματος μεσταὶ
θερμοῦ, ἃ οὐδὲ δύναται ἐπικρατῆσαι τὸ φλέγμα, οὐδ’ ἀποψῦξαι
τὸ αἷμα, ὥστε καὶ πῆξαι, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ κρατέεται καὶ καταμίγνυται
τῷ αἵματι ταχέως· καὶ οὕτω παραδέχονται αἱ φλέβες τὸν ἠέρα, καὶ
τὸ φρόνημα γίνεται, τά τε σημήϊα τὸ προειρημένα ἧσσον ἐπιλαμβάνει διὰ τὴν ἰσχύν. Τοῖσι δὲ πρεσβυτάτοισιν ὁκόταν ἐπιγένηται τοῦτο
τὸ νούσημα, διὰ τοῦτο ἀποκτείνει ἢ παράπληκτον ποιέει, ὅτι αἱ φλέβες
κεκένωνται καὶ τὸ αἷμα ὀλίγον τέ ἐστι καὶ λεπτὸν καὶ ὑδαρές.
Ἢν μὲν οὖν πολὺ παταῤῥυῇ καὶ χειμῶνος ἔῃ καιρὸς, ἀποκτείνει·
ἀπέπνιξε γὰρ τὰς ἀναπνοὰς καὶ ἀπέπηξε τὸ αἷμα, ἢν ἐπ’ ἀμφότερα
ὁ κατάῤῥοος γένηται· ἢν δὲ ἐπὶ θάτερα μοῦνον, παράπληκτον ποιέει·
οὐ γὰρ δύναται τὸ αἷμα ἐπικρατῆσαι τοῦ φλέγματος λεπτὸν ἐὸν καὶ
ψυχρὸν καὶ ὀλίγον, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸ κρατηθὲν ἐπάγη, ὥστε ἀκρατέα εἶναι
ἐκεῖνα καθ’ ἃ τὸ αἷμα διεφθάρη.

De morbo sacro. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1849.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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De morbo sacro (Greek) (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 6. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1849)

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Περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 6. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 9 focus

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τοὺς δὲ πρεσβυτέρους οὐκ ἀποκτείνει, ὁκόταν ἐπιγένηται, οὐδὲ διαστρέφει· αἵ τε γὰρ φλέβες εἰσὶ κοῖλαι καὶ αἵματος μεσταὶ θερμοῦ, ἃ οὐδὲ δύναται ἐπικρατῆσαι τὸ φλέγμα, οὐδʼ ἀποψῦξαι τὸ αἷμα, ὥστε καὶ πῆξαι, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ κρατέεται καὶ καταμίγνυται τῷ αἵματι ταχέως· καὶ οὕτω παραδέχονται αἱ φλέβες τὸν ἠέρα, καὶ τὸ φρόνημα γίνεται, τά τε σημήϊα τὰ προειρημένα ἧσσον ἐπιλαμβάνει διὰ τὴν ἰσχύν. Τοϊσι δὲ πρεσβυτάτοισιν ὁκόταν ἐπιγένηται τοῦτο τὸ νούσημα, διὰ τοῦτο ἀποκτείνει ἢ παράπληκτον ποιέει, ὅτι αἱ φλέβες κεκένωνται καὶ τὸ αἷμα ὀλίγον τέ ἐστι καὶ λεπτὸν καὶ ὑδαρές. ἢν μὲν οὖν πολὺ καταῤῥυῇ καὶ χειμῶνος ἔῃ καιρὸς, ἀποκτείνει· ἀπέπνιξε γὰρ τὰς ἀναπνοὰς καὶ ἀπέπηξε τὸ αἷμα, ἢν ἐπʼ ἀμφότερα ὁ κατάῤῥοος γένηται· ἢν δὲ ἐπὶ θατερα μοῦνον, παράπληκτον ποιέει· οὐ γὰρ δύναται τὸ αἷμα ἐπικρατῆσαι τοῦ φλέγματος λεπτὸν ἐὸν καὶ ψυχρὸν καὶ ὀλίγον, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ κρατηθὲν ἐπάγη, ὥστε ἀκρατέα εἶναι ἐκεῖνα καθʼ ἃ τὸ αἷμα διεφθάρη.

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On the Sacred Disease Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 9 focus

[9] To persons of a more advanced age, it neither proves fatal, nor produces distortions. For their veins are ( large?) and filled with hot blood; and therefore the phlegm can neither prevail nor cool the blood, so as to coagulate it, but it is quickly overpowered and mixed with the blood, and thus the veins receive the air, and sensibility remains; and, owing to their strength, the aforesaid symptoms are less likely to seize them. But when this disease attacks very old people, it therefore proves fatal, or induces paraplegia, because the veins are empty, and the blood scanty, thin, and watery. When, therefore, the defluxion is copious, and the season winter, it proves fatal; for it chokes up the exhalents, and coagulates the blood if the defluxion be to both sides; but if to either, it merely induces paraplegia. For the blood being thin, cold, and scanty, cannot prevail over the but being itself overpowered, it is coagulated, so that those parts in which the blood is corrupted, lose their strength.

Hippocrates De morbo sacro 9

ed. Émile Littré

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