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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    XXXIX. 01 7rps<rfii>TUi twv vswv tu [aev ttoAAa voteodciv ^ottov. o<ra 8’ uv auTEOKTi yjpoviu vo(rrjfAUTa ysvt]tui, tu toTO^u ^ovu7ro^VY}<rxei. Senes ut plurimum quidem juvenibus minus aegrotant. Quicunque vero ipsis morbi fiunt diuturni, plerumque commoriuntur. Old persons, in general, have less violent diseases than the young; but if they be attacked by any chronic affection, they are commonly destroyed by it. XL. Bpuy%oi} xa) xopv^ui, toicti <r(po$pa. 7rpe<r^>(tTrj(riv ou ttetu'ivovtui Raucedines, et gravedines, in valde senibus non co- quuntur. Hoarseness, and Gravedo, occurring in those who are very old, are not perfectly concocted.