Adversaria medico-philologica / by W.A. Greenhill.

  • William Alexander Greenhill
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[1864-1872]
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    a contribution (and that a very imperfect one) to Greek medical technology; but even in its present form it will probably not be found entirely useless. There will be found but few references to Hippocrates, as these are for the most part rendered supeifluous by the excellent ‘ OEconomia Hippocratica’ of Foes. It is not often that former writers have been referred to, both in order to avoid the appearance of captious and unnecessary controversy, and also in order to save space; but it is believed that no important assistance has in any case been received from other writers without due acknowledgment. dfSanricrTov, or aficinTLcrTov rpvnavov, a sort of trepan, with a ring or knob a little above the extremity, in order to prevent its penetrating the cranium too suddenly, and so injuring the brain. Hence the name, 8ia to pi] (Hairrl&aBai, says Galen,1 because it could not be suddenly plunged or immersed into the brain. The same explanation is given by Paulus iEgineta,2 and also by Albu- casis,3 who translates this and numerous other passages from Paulus iEgineta almost literally.4 dyyeidkoyla does not signify angiology in the modern sense of the term, but the section of the temporal vessels. There is a chapter on the subject in Aetius,5 and also in Paulus iEgineta,6 which latter is almost translated by Albucasis.7 The operation is described by Celsus,8 who uses the phrase “ venas legere,” to select the veins (for section), but not the word ayyeioXoyia. Oribasius uses the word,9 and refers to a chapter on the subject, which is no longer extant. It is found also in Leo,10 where it is joined with dprqpioTopia, and apparently distinguished from it; and in the treatise called c Introduction among Galen’s works.11 dyyuov, a vessel in the human body, a receptacle, applied to organs of dif- ferent shapes, as dyyelov cjAel3co8es, to a renal vein,12 to a splenic vein;13 ayyeiov xoAyv, to the gall-bladder;14 dyyelov Kvrjrrjpiov, to the uterus.15 ayyeia, in the plural, is probably only applied to vessels of a tubular form, principally to the veins and arteries. 1 ‘ De Meth. Med.,’ vi. 6, tom. x. p. 447, 1. 11. 2 Lib. vi. cap. 90, p. 376, 1. 5, ed. Brian. 3 Lib. iii. cap. ii. p. 534, ed. Channing (p. 283, ed. Leclerc). 4 An amusing story connected with this word is told by Jo. Langius (‘Epist. Medic.,’ lib. i. p. 29, quoted by C. G. Kuhn, ‘Opusc. Acad. Med. et Philol.,’ vol. ii. p. 262): “ Cum plures medicos, quibuscum in convivio convenerat, quaereret, num rpi—avov d(3d.7rTL(TTov vidissent, hi, ultima; vocis Grsecae sensum ignorantes, confessi sunt frustra quseri in Germania rpiTravct djicnvTicra, in qu& tantum pueri et campante baptizen- tur. Quibus cum Langius regereret, se Romae tale instrumentum apud Yigonem, Pontifieis Julii ehirurgum, vidisse, celeriter respondebat, qui ex illis plurimum sapere sibi videbatur, ltomce ob praesentiam Summi Pontifieis ornnino facile ilia instruments baptizari posse.” 5 Tetr. ii., Serm. 3, cap. 93, p. 338, ed. H. Steph. 6 Lib. vi. cap. 5, p. 92, ed. Briau. 7 Lib. ii. cap. 3, p. 62, ed. Leclerc. 8 Lib. vii. cap. 7, § 15. 9 ‘ Coll. Med.’ xlv. 18, § 32, tome iv. p. 43, 1. 3, ed. Daremberg. 10 ‘Consp. Med.,’ ii. 2, in Ermerins, ‘Anecd. Med. Gr.,’p. Ill, 1. 15. 11 Cap. 19, tom. xiv. p. 781, 1. 9 ; p. 784, 1. ult. 12 Galen, ‘,De Usu Part.,’lib. xiv. cap. 7, tom. iv. p. 169, 1.14. 13 Id. ibid. iv. 15, tom. iii. p. 317, 1. i. 14 Rufus Ephes., p. 39, 1. 9. 18 Galen, ‘ Defin. Med.’ tom. xix. p. 362, 1. 12.