De Dignoscendis Pulsibus (Diagnosis by Pulses)
Kühn 1824
καὶ καθ’ αὑτὸ λαβεῖν δύνασθαι. πότε γὰρ ἰδίᾳ καὶ καθ’
αὑτὴν ἔστιν ἰδεῖν τὴν ἐν ταῖς ὥραις διαφορὰν τῶν σφυγμῶν
ἄνευ σώματος, ὃ καὶ μὴ κράσεως πὼς ἔχει καὶ ἕξεως καὶ ἡλικίας
καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν εἰρημένων; ὥστ’ οὐκ ἂν ἔχοις εἰπεῖν,
ἦρι μὲν τηλικοῦτος σφυγμὸς οἰκεῖος, θέρει δ’ ὁ τηλικοῦτος.
ἐρωτηθεὶς γὰρ ἐν τίνι καὶ λέγεις σώματι, πότερον ἐν θερμοτέρῳ
τὴν κρᾶσιν, ἢ ψυχροτέρῳ καὶ ἰσχνῷ, ἢ παχεῖ· καὶ ἀκμάζοντος,
ἢ γέροντος, ἢ ψυχρῷ χωρίῳ, ἢ θερμῷ, καὶ ἀνδρὸς,
ἢ γυναικὸς, καὶ κατὰ τὰς ἄλλας διαφορὰς ὡσαύτως.
ὥστε φαίνεται δεῖν κατὰ τὴν ὅλην τῶν ὑποκειμένων σωμάτων
φύσιν ἐπισκοπεῖσθαι τὸν οἰκεῖόν τε καὶ οὐκ οἰκεῖον σφυγμὸν,
ἵνα εἰδῶμεν, εἰ οὕτως ἔτυχεν, ὅτι Δίωνι μὲν ὁ σφυγμὸς τηλικοῦτός
ἐστι φύσει, Θέωνι δὲ τηλικοῦτος. ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτ’
ἄτοπον, οὐ μόνον τῷ χρῆναι καθ’ ἕκαστον ἄνθρωπον ἰδίαν
ἡμᾶς ἔχειν μνήμην τε τῶν οἰκείων σφυγμῶν καὶ μὴ δύνασθαι
περὶ μηδενὸς διαγνῶναι μηδὲν ᾧ πρῶτον οὐκ ἐντυγχάνομεν,
ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ μηδ’ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Δίωνος, εἰ τύχοι, τὸν ἕνα
τοῦτον τὸν οἰκεῖον σφυγμὸν ἐν ἑκάστῳ γένει δυνατὸν ἰδίᾳ
Work
Title: De Dignoscendis Pulsibus
English: Diagnosis by Pulses
Original: Περὶ διαγνώσεως σφυγμῶν
Domains: Medicine
Text information
Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1824
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 8
Pages: 766-961
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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