The aphorisms : with a translation into Latin, and English / by T. Coar.

  • Hippocrates
Date:
1822
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Credit: The aphorisms : with a translation into Latin, and English / by T. Coar. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Multa enim horam sunt inconstantia, nec admodhm perma- nere, neque durare solent. Diminution of disease occurring without obvious cause, must not be trusted; nor augmentation happening without sufficient reason be feared ; for they are in general uncertain and transient changes. XXVIII. Taiv TrupscrcroVTOiV [xr] iravraircuriv s7ri7roXaio)£, to Zia^xiveiv xou [XYjOsu svfiiSovai to rrio\xa, Vj os (ruvryxscrflai [xaXKov tov xara Xoyov, [xo%Qr)pov. To [xev yap [xrjxos voucroo trr\[xalvei3 to 8s acrSsvs/av. Febricitantium non omnino leviter, permanere, et nihil remittere corpus, aut etiam magis quam pro ratione colli- quefieri malum est. Illud enim morbi longitudinem indicat, hoc vero infirmitatem. If the body when attacked with a severe fever remain in the same state ; if it do not diminish, or if it become exces- sively emaciated, the situation is alike dangerous; for the one indicates a long disease, the other excessive weakness.