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φυλάσσεσθαι δὲ χρὴ, ὅκως μή τι κακὸν ἀπολαύσῃ τὸ ὀστέον ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς, ἢν κακῶς ἰητρεύηται.

ὀστέῳ γὰρ καὶ πεπρισμένῳ, καὶ ἄλλως ἐψιλωμένῳ, ὑγιεῖ δὲ ἐόντι, καὶ ἔχοντί τι σίνος ὑπὸ τοῦ βέλεος, δοκέοντι δὲ ὑγιεῖ εἶναι, κίνδυνός ἐστι μᾶλλον ὑπόπυον γενέσθαι ῾ἢν καὶ ἄλλως μὴ μέλλᾐ, ἢν καὶ ἡ σὰρξ ἡ περιέχουσα τὸ ὀστέον κακῶς θεραπεύηται, καὶ φλεγμαίνηται, καὶ περισφίγγηται: πυρετῶδες γὰρ γίγνεται, καὶ πολλοῦ φλογμοῦ πλέον.

καὶ δὴ τὸ ὀστέον ἐκ τῶν περιεχουσῶν σαρκέων ἐς ἑωυτὸ θέρμην τε καὶ φλογμὸν καὶ ἄραδον ἐμποιέει καὶ σφυγμὸν, καὶ ὅσα περ ἡ σὰρξ ἔχει κακὰ ἐν ἑωυτέῃ, καὶ ἐκ τουτέων ὧδε ὑπόπυον γίνεται.

κακὸν δὲ καὶ ὑγρήν τε εἶναι τὴν σάρκα ἐν τῷ ἕλκει καὶ μυδῶσαν, καὶ ἐπὶ πολλὸν χρόνον καθαίρεσθαι.

ἀλλὰ χρὴ διάπυον μὲν ποιῆσαι τὸ ἕλκος ὡς τάχιστα: οὕτω γὰρ ἂν ἥκιστα φλεγμαίνοι τὰ περιέχοντα

τὸ ἕλκος, καὶ τάχιστα καθαρὸν εἴη: ἀνάγκη γὰρ ἔχει τὰς σάρκας τὰς κοπείσας καὶ φλασθείσας ὑπὸ τοῦ βέλεος, ὑποπύους γενομένας, ἐκτακῆναι.

ἐπειδὰν δὲ καθαρθῇ, ξηρότερον χρὴ γίγνεσθαι τὸ ἕλκος: οὕτω γὰρ ἂν τάχιστα ὑγιὲς γένοιτο, ξηρῆς σαρκὸς βλαστούσης καὶ μὴ ὑγρῆς, καὶ οὕτως οὐκ ἂν ὑπερσαρκήσειε τὸ ἕλκος.

ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς λόγος καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς μήνιγγος τῆς περὶ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον: ἢν γὰρ αὐτίκα ἐκπρίσας τὸ ὀστέον καὶ ἀφελὼν ἀπὸ τῆς μήνιγγος ψιλώσῃς, αὐτὴν καθαρὴν χρὴ ποιῆσαι ὡς τάχιστα καὶ ξηρὴν, ὡς μὴ ἐπὶ πουλὺν χρόνον ὑγρὴ ἐοῦσα μυδήῃ τε καὶ ἐξαίρηται: τούτων γὰρ οὕτω γιγνομένων, σαπῆναι αὐτὴν κίνδυνος.

Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate. Hippocrates. A. Littre. Amsterdam. Adolf M. Hakkert.

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