De Usu Partium I-XI (On the Utility of the Parts I-XI)
Kühn 1822
ζῶα προνοίας αὐτοῦ, προὔτρεψεν ἀναλαβόντα με τὸ παραλελειμμένον,
ἐπὶ τῇ τελευτῇ τοῦ λόγου προσθεῖναι. τῶν
γὰρ ἐπὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀπ’ ἐγκεφάλου κατιόντων νεύρων
τῶν αἰσθητικῶν, ἃ δὴ καὶ πόρους ὠνόμαζεν Ἡρόφιλος, ὅτι
μόνοις αὐτοῖς αἰσθηταὶ καὶ σαφεῖς εἰσιν αἱ τοῦ πνεύματος
ὁδοὶ, ὥσπερ αὐτὸ τοῦτο τὸ παράδοξόν τε καὶ ὑπὲρ τὰ
λοιπὰ τῶν νεύρων ἐστὶν, οὕτω καὶ τὸ φύεσθαι μὲν ἐκ διαφερόντων
τόπων, προϊόντα δ’ ἀλλήλοις ἑνοῦσθαι, κᾄπειτα
πάλιν ἀποχωρεῖν τε καὶ διασχίζεσθαι. τίνος οὖν ἕνεκεν οὔτε
ἐκ ταὐτοῦ τόπου τὴν ἀρχὴν αὐτῶν ἡ φύσις ἐποιήσατο τῆς
ἄνωθεν ἐκφύσεως, οὔτ’, ἐπειδὴ τὸ μὲν ἐκ τῶν δεξιῶν ἀπέφυσε,
τὸ δ’ ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν εὐθὺ τῶν κατὰ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς
χωρῶν προήγαγεν, ἀλλ’ εἴσω πρότερον ἐπικάμψασα,
καὶ συνάψασα, καὶ τοὺς πόρους αὐτῶν ἑνώσασα, μετὰ
ταῦτα πάλιν ἑκάτερον ἐπὶ τὸν κατ’ εὐθὺ τῆς ἄνωθεν ἐκφύσεως
ὀφθαλμὸν προήγαγεν; οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἐνήλλαξέ γε αὐτὰ,
τὸ μὲν ἐκ τῶν δεξιῶν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀριστερὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἀγαγοῦσα,
Work
Title: De Usu Partium I-XI
English: On the Utility of the Parts I-XI
Original: Περὶ χρείας τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώπου σώματι μορίων I-XI
Domains: Medicine
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Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1822
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 3
Pages: 1-939
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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