In Hippocratis De Natura Hominis (On Hippocrates' Nature of Man)
Kühn 1828
Σαφὴς ἡ ῥῆσίς ἐστι, γράφοντος αὐτοῦ τὰ μαρτύρια τοῦ προκειμένου λόγου, καθ᾿ ὃν ἔφη τὸ φάρμακον, ὅταν εἰς τὸ σῶμα ἔλθῃ, πρῶτον μὲν τὸν οἰκεῖον ἕλκειν αὑτῷ χυμὸν, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους. μεμνῆσθαι δὲ χρὴ καὶ περὶ τῶν φυτῶν αὐτοῦ λέγοντος, ἕλκειν καὶ ταῦτα εἰς ἑαυτὰ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν ἕκαστον αὑτῷ, περιέχεσθαι γὰρ ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ ὀξὺ καὶ γλυκὺ καὶ πικρὸν καὶ ἁλμυρὸν καὶ παντοῖον, ὥσπερ δηλονότι καὶ κατὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὀξὺ μὲν τὴν μέλαιναν χολὴν, πικρὸν δὲ τὴν ξανθὴν, γλυκὺ δὲ τὸ αἷμα καὶ ἁλμυρὸν τὸ φλέγμα. καὶ γὰρ τοιοῦτό ἐστί τι φλέγμα, καθάπερ ἄλλο γλυκὺ καὶ ἕτερον ὀξὺ καί τι ἕτερον μηδεμίαν ἔχον ἐπίσημον ποιότητα. διὰ τοῦτό μοι δοκεῖ καὶ κατὰ τέλος τῆς ῥήσεως προσθεῖναι τὸ καὶ παντοῖον, οὐ μόνον ἐν τῷ φλέγματι διαφορὰς ὁρῶν παμπόλλας, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ τοὺς ἄλλους χυμούς. ὥσπερ γὰρ ὀξὺ καὶ γλυκὺ καὶ πικρὸν καὶ ἁλμυρὸν, οὕτω καὶ στρυφνόν τι καὶ αὐστηρὸν καὶ δριμὺ καὶ λιπαρὸν εἶδός ἐστι χυμῶν ἔν τε τοῖς ζώοις καὶ τοῖς φυτοῖς καὶ δηλονότι καὶ κατὰ τὴν γῆν ἀνάλογον αὐτοῖς.
Work
Title: In Hippocratis De Natura Hominis
English: On Hippocrates' Nature of Man
Original: Εἰς τὸ Ἱπποκράτους περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου φύσεως
Domains: Medicine
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Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1828
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 15
Pages: 1-173
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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