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χχΙϝ. πυρετοὶ οἱ μὲν συνεχέες, οἱ δ᾽ ἡμέρην ἔχουσι, νύκτα διαλείπουσι, νύκτα ἔχουσιν, ἡμέρην διαλείπουσιν: ἡμιτριταῖοι, τριταῖοι, τεταρταῖοι, [p. 182] πεμπταῖοι, ἑβδομαῖοι, ἐναταῖοι. εἰσὶ δὲ ὀξύταται μὲν καὶ μέγισται καὶ χαλεπώταται νοῦσοι καὶ θανατωδέσταται ἐν τῷ συνεχεῖ πυρετῷ. ἀσφαλέστατος δὲ πάντων καὶ ῥήϊστος καὶ μακρότατος πάντων ὁ τεταρταῖος: οὐ γὰρ μοῦνον αὐτὸς ἐφ᾽ ἑωυτοῦ τοιοῦτός ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ νοσημάτων [10] ἑτέρων μεγάλων ῥύεται. ἐν δὲ τῷ ἡμιτριταίῳ καλεομένῳ συμπίπτει μὲν καὶ ὀξέα νοσήματα γίνεσθαι, καὶ ἔστι τῶν λοιπῶν οὗτος θανατωδέστατος: ἀτὰρ καὶ φθινώδεες καὶ ὅσοι ἄλλα μακρότερα νοσήματα νοσέουσιν, ἐπὶ τούτῳ μάλιστα νοσέουσι. νυκτερινὸς οὐ λίην θανατώδης, μακρὸς δέ. ἡμερινὸς μακρότερος: ἔστι δ᾽ οἷσι ῥέπει καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ φθινῶδες. ἑβδομαῖος μακρός, οὐ θανατώδης. ἐναταῖος ἔτι μακρότερος, οὐ θανατώδης. τριταῖος ἀκριβὴς ταχυκρίσιμος καὶ [20] οὐ θανατώδης. ὁ δὲ πεμπταῖος πάντων μὲν κάκιστος: καὶ γὰρ πρὸ φθίσιος καὶ ἤδη φθίνουσιν [22] ἐπιγινόμενος κτείνει.
Hippocrates Collected Works I. Hippocrates. W. H. S. Jones. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1868.
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