Galen: In Hippocratis De Natura Hominis (On Hippocrates' Nature of Man)

καὶ ἐς τοὺς μηροὺς καὶ διὰ τῶν ἰγνύων ἐκ τοῦ εἴσωθεν μέρους, ἔπειτα διὰ τῶν κνημέων παρὰ τὰ σφυρὰ τὰ εἴσωθεν μέρεος καὶ ἐς τοὺς πόδας. δεῖ οὖν τὰς φλεβοτομίας ποιέεσθαι πρὸς τὰς ὀδύνας, τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν ψοῶν καὶ τῶν ὄρχεων, ἀπὸ τῶν ἰγνύων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν σφυρῶν εἴσωθεν. αἱ δὲ τρίται φλέβες ἐκ τῶν κροτάφων διὰ τοῦ αὐχένος ὑπὸ τὰς ὠμοπλάτας, ἔπειτα ξυμφέρονται ἐπὶ τὸν πνεύμονα καὶ ἀφικνέονται ἡ μὲν ἐκ τῶν δεξιῶν εἰς τὰ ἀριστερὰ, ἡ δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιά. καὶ ἡ μὲν δεξιὰ ἀφικνέεται καὶ ἐκ τοῦ πνεύμονος ὑπὸ τὸν μαζὸν καὶ ἐς τὸν σπλῆνα καὶ ἐς τὸν νεφρὸν, ἡ δὲ ἐκ τῶν ἀριστερῶν ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιὰ ἐκ τοῦ πνεύμονος ὑπὸ τὸν μαζὸν καὶ ἐς τὸ ἧπαρ καὶ ἐς τὸν νεφρόν. τελευτῶσι δὲ ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν αὗται ἀμφότεραι. αἱ δὲ τέταρται ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔμπροσθεν τῆς κεφαλῆς καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ὑπὸ τὸν αὐχένα καὶ τὰς κληῖδας, ἔπειτα δὲ ὑπὲρ τῶν βραχιόνων ἄνωθεν ἐς τὰς ξυγκαμπτὰς, ἔπειτα δὲ διὰ τῶν πήχεων καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς καρποὺς καὶ τοὺς δακτύλους, ἔπειτα ἀπὸ τῶν δακτύλων πάλιν διὰ τῶν πήχεων καὶ τῶν χειρῶν ἄνωθεν ἐς τὰς ξυγκαμπτὰς καὶ διὰ βραχιόνων τοῦ κάτωθεν