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εἰ μέντοι κάρτα ἄνω εἴη τὸ ὕβωμα, δέοι δὲ κατασείειν πάντως, ἐπὶ πόδας κατασείειν λυσιτελέει, ὥσπερ ἤδη εἴρηται: πλείων γὰρ οὕτω γίνεται ἡ καταῤΡ῾οπίη ἐπὶ ταῦτα.

Ἑρμάσαι δὲ χρὴ, κατὰ μὲν τὸ στῆθος πρὸς τὴν κλίμακα προσδήσαντα ἰσχυρῶς, κατὰ δὲ τὸν αὐχένα ὡς χαλαρωτάτῃ ταινίῃ, ὅσον τοῦ κατορθοῦσθαι εἵνεκα: καὶ αὐτὴν τὴν κεφαλὴν κατὰ τὸ μέτωπον προσδῆσαι πρὸς τὴν κλίμακα: τὰς δὲ χεῖρας παρατανύσαντα πρὸς τὸ σῶμα προσδῆσαι, καὶ μὴ πρὸς τὴν κλίμακα: τὸ μέντοι ἄλλο σῶμα ἄδετον εἶναι χρὴ, πλὴν, ὅσον τοῦ κατορθοῦσθαι εἵνεκα, ἄλλῃ καὶ ἄλλῃ ταινίῃ χαλαρῇ περιβεβλῆσθαι: ὅκως δὲ μὴ κωλύωσιν οὗτοι οἱ δεσμοὶ τὴν κατασεισιν, σκοπέειν: τὰ δὲ σκέλεα πρὸς μὲν τὴν κλίμακα μὴ προσδεδέσθω, πρὸς ἄλληλα δὲ, ὡς κατὰ τὴν Ρ῾άχιν ἰθύῤΡ῾οπα ἔῃ.

ταῦτα μέντοι τοιουτοτρόπως ποιητέα, εἰ πάντως δέοι ἐν κλίμακι κατασεισθῆναι: αἰσχρὸν μέντοι καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τέχνῃ καὶ οὐχ ἥκιστα ἐν ἰητρικῇ πουλὺν ὄχλον, καὶ πολλὴν ὄψιν, καὶ πουλὺν λόγον παρασχόντα, ἔπειτα μηδὲν ὠφελῆσαι.

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

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