Hippocrates, Praeceptiones, ed. William Henry Samuel Jones, 3

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[3] Early determination ofthe patient’s —since only what has actually been administered will benefit; emphatic assertion is of no use—is beneficial but complicated. For it is through many turns and changes that all diseases settle into some sort of permanence.¹

Praeceptiones. Hippocrates. ed. William Henry Samuel Jones. London. 1923.

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Current edition Perseus

Precepts (English) (Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Jones, William Henry Samuel, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923 (printing).)

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Praeceptiones First1KGreek (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 9. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1861) — 3 focus

3. Χρήσιμος δὲ καὶ ποικίλος τῶν προσφερομένων τῷ νοσέοντι καὶ
ὁ προορισμὸς, ὅτι μόνον τι προσενεχθὲν ὠφελήσει· οὐ γὰρ ἰσχυρίσιος
δεῖ· πάντα γὰρ τὰ πάθη διὰ πολλὰς περιστάσιας καὶ μεταβολὰς
μονῇ τινὶ προσκαθίζει.

Παραγγελίαι Perseus (Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Jones, William Henry Samuel, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923 (printing).) — 3 focus

[3] χρήσιμος δὲ καὶ ποικίλος τῶν προσφερομένων τῷ νοσέοντι καὶ ὁ προορισμός, ὅτι μόνον τι προσενεχθὲν ὠφελήσει· οὐ γὰρ ἰσχυρίσιος δεῖ· πάντα γὰρ τὰ πάθη διὰ πολλὰς περιστάσιας καὶ 5 μεταβολὰς μονῇ τινι προσκαθίζει.

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Precepts

1. Because changes and turns are common in the early stages, to fix the proper treatment early is a complicated matter.

Hippocrates Praeceptiones 3

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