Hippocrates, De ulceribus, ed. Émile Littré, 25

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25. Ὅκου δὲ κιρσὸς ἔνεστιν ἐπ’ ἀντικνημίου ἢ πατὰ
τῆς σαρκὸς, καί ἔστι μέλαν τὸ ἀντικνήμιον, καὶ δοκέει δεῖσθαι αἷμα
ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἀποῤῥυῆναι, οὐ χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα. κατακρούειν οὐδαμῶς·
ὡς γὰρ ἐπιτοπολὺ ἕλκεα μεγάλα γίνεται ἐκ τῶν σχασμάτων διὰ τοῦ
κιρσοῦ τὴν ἐπιῤῥοήν· ἀλλὰ χρὴ αὐτὸν τὸν κιρσὸν ἀποκεντέειν ἄλλοτε
καἰ ἄλλοτε, ὅπη ἂν δοκέῃ καιρὸς εἶναι.

De ulceribus. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1849.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Current edition First1KGreek

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

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Περὶ ἑλκῶν Perseus (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d’Hippocrate, Vol. 6. Littré, Émile, editor. Adolf M. Hakkert: Amsterdam, 1961 (printing).) — 25 focus

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ὅκου δὲ κιρσὸς ἔνεστιν ἐπʼ ἀντικνημίου ἢ περιφανὴς ἢ κατὰ τῆς σαρκὸς, καί ἐστι μέλαν τὸ ἀντικνήμιον, καὶ δοκέει δεῖσθαι αἷμα ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἀποῤῥυῆναι, οὐ χρὴ τὰ τοιαῦτα κατακρούειν οὐδαμῶς· ὡς γὰρ ἐπιτοπολὺ ἕλκεα μεγάλα γίνεται ἐκ τῶν σχασμάτων διὰ τοῦ κιρσοῦ τὴν ἐπιῤῥοήν· ἀλλὰ χρὴ αὐτὸν τὸν κιρσὸν ἀποκεντέειν ἄλλοτε καὶ ἄλλοτε, ὅπη ἂν δοκέῃ καιρὸς εἶναι.

Translations (1)

On Ulcers Perseus (Hippocrates, The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 2. Adams, Francis, translator. New York: William Wood and Company, 1886.) — 25 focus

When a varix is on the fore part of the leg, and is very superficial, or below the flesh, and the leg is black, and seems to stand in need of having the blood evacuated from it, such swellings are not, by any means, to be cut open; for, generally, large ulcers are the consequence of the incisions, owing to the influx from the varix. But the varix itself is to be punctured in many places, as circumstances may indicate.

Hippocrates De ulceribus 25

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