Hippocrates: De Capitis Vulneribus (Wounds in the Head)

καὶ ἐν τῷ μετώπῳ, ὅκου ἂν τὸ μὲν ὀστέον ψιλὸν ᾖ τῆς σαρκὸς, καὶ δοκέῃ τι σίνος ἔχειν ὑπὸ τοῦ βέλεος, τὰ ἕλκεα μὴ ἱκανὰ τὸ μέγεθος τοῦ μήκεος καὶ τῆς εὐρύτητος ἐς τὴν σκέψιν τοῦ ὀστέου, εἴ τι πέπονθεν ὑπὸ τοῦ βέλεος κακὸν, καὶ ὁκοῖόν τι πέπονθε, καὶ ὅσον μὲν ἡ σὰρξ πέφλασται, καὶ τὸ ὀστέον ἔχει τὸ σίνος, καὶ δ᾿ αὖ εἰ ἀσινές τέ ἐστι τὸ ὀστέον ὑπὸ τοῦ βέλεος, καὶ μηδὲν πέπονθε κακὸν, καὶ ἐς τὴν ἴησιν, ὁκοίης τινὸς δεῖται τό τε ἕλκος, ἥ τε σὰρξ, καὶ ἡ πάθη τοῦ ὀστέου Τὰ δὴ τοιαῦτα τῶν ἑλκέων τομῆς δεῖται. Καὶ ἂν μὲν τὸ ὀστέον ψιλωθῇ τῆς σαρκὸς, ὑπόκοιλα δὲ ᾖ ἐς πλάγιον ἐπιπολὺ, ἐπανατάμνειν τὸ κοῖλον, ὅκου μὴ