Galen: De Elementis ex Hippocrate (On the Elements According to Hippocrates)

καὶ ὄνυξ, καὶ θρὶξ, καὶ πιμελὴ, καὶ σὰρξ, καὶ νεῦρον, καὶ μυελὸς, ἶνές τε καὶ ὑμένες, καὶ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἅπαντα τὰ ὁμοιομερῆ στοιχεῖα τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων σωμάτων. ἆρ’ οὖν ὁ Ἀθήναιος ἔθετό που ταῦτα στοιχεῖα; καὶ μὴν αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ γράφων, ἕκαστον μὲν τῶν ὁμοιομερῶν ἐκ τῶν πρώτων γεγονέναι στοιχείων· ἐκ δὲ τῶν ὁμοιομερῶν ἤδη καὶ συγκεῖσθαι τὰ ἄλλα τοῦ ζώου μόρια. τῆς οὖν σαρκὸς (εἰ οὕτως ἔτυχεν) ἢ τῆς πιμελῆς ἐρωτηθεὶς τὰ στοιχεῖα, δῆλον, ὅτι τὸ θερμὸν, καὶ τὸ ψυχρὸν, καὶ τὸ ὑγρὸν, καὶ τὸ ξηρὸν ἀπεκρίνατο. καὶ μὲν δὴ καὶ ὀστοῦ, καὶ χόνδρου, καὶ τριχὸς ὡσαύτως ὑγρὸν, καὶ ξηρὸν, καὶ θερμὸν, καὶ ψυχρὸν εἷναί φησι τὰ στοιχεῖα. καιρὸς οὖν ἤδη πυνθάνεσθαί σε, ὁποῖον ὑγρὸν, καὶ ξηρὸν, καὶ ψυχρὸν, καὶ θερμὸν ἀπεφῄνατο. κατὰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν ἐπικράτησιν ὑγρὸν μὲν ἡ σὰρξ. ὁ χόνδρος δὲ ψυχρόν. ὡσαύτως δὲ τὸ μὲν ὀστοῦν ξηρὸν καὶ ψυχρὸν, ἡ πιμελὴ δὲ ὑγρὸν καὶ θερμὸν, ἕκαστόν τε τῶν ἄλλων ὁμοιομερῶν ἢ τοῖον ἢ τοῖον ἐπικρατείᾳ ἐστὶ