Hippocrates on airs, waters, and places / the received Greek text of Littré, with Latin, French, and English translations by eminent scholars.

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1881
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    cas particulier J il saura le mieux conserver la santé, et il ne pratiquera pas avec un médiocre succès l'art de la médecine. 8. Gelui qui objecterait que ce sont là des spéculations météorologiques, comprendra, s'il change d'avis, que l'astronomie,^ loin d'être d'une petite utilité' au médecin, lui importe beaucoup ; car l'état des organes digestifs change avec les saisons. (3.) Je vais expliquer en détail comment il faut observer et approfondir chacun des points dont il a. été question. II. 9. SUPPOSONS une ville ex- posée aux vents chauds ; ce sont ceux qui soufflent entre le lever d'hiver du soleil et le coucher d'hiver ; ouverte à ces vents, elle se trouve à l'abri de ceux du nord. Dans cette localité les eaux seront abondantes, sau- mâtres, peu profondes, et par consé- quent chaudes l'été et froides l'hiver. {JDe tout ce morceau du texte grec, enfermé entre deux crochets, la pre- miere partie, qui finit aux mots αύται δε μαΧλον inclusivement, est comprise dans le § Ixx. de la traduc- tion, où est sa véritable place ; le reste a été mis à la fin du § lix. —Goray, ed. of 1816, pp. 9, 10. L. puts it after Ιπιπίπτειν in § 63.] ' For this amended version of this passage, see Littre, ii. p. Hi. knowing beforehand the seasons, such a one must be acquainted with each particular, and must suc- ceed in the preservation of healthy and be by no means unsuccessful in the practice of his art. 8. And if it shall be thought that these things belong rather to meteor- ology,! it will be admitted, on second thoughts, that astronomy contributes not a little, but a very great deal indeed, to medicine. For with the seasons the digestive organs of men undergo a change. (3.) But how each of the aforemen- tioned things should be investi- gated and explained, I will now declare in a clear manner. II. 9. A CITY that is exposed to hot winds (these are between the wintry rising and the wintry setting of the sun), and to which these are peculiar, but which is sheltered from the north winds; in such a city the waters will be plenteous and saltish, and, as they run from an elevated source, they are neces- sarily hot in summer, and cold in winter ; * * * * ' i.e. Astronomy.