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Κεφ. Α. προοίμιον.

χρονίων νούσων πόνος μὲν πουλὺς, χρόνος δὲ μακρὸς συντήξιος, καὶ ἀβέβαιος ἡ ἄλθεξις. ἢ γὰρ οὐδ᾽ ἐξηλάθησαν ἐς τὸ πάμπαν, ἢ ἐπὶ σμικρῇ ἁμαρτωλῇ παλινδρομέουσι αἱ νοῦσοι. οὔτε γὰρ ἀτρεμέειν οἱ νοσέοντες τολμέουσι ἐς τέλος: ἀτὰρ ἠδὲ ἁμαρτάνουσι ἐν τῇσι μακρῇσι διαίτῃσι, κἢν ἀτρεμέωσι: ἢν δὲ καὶ πόνος ἔῃ ἐπιπόνου ἰήσιος, δίψης, λιμοῦ, φαρμάκων πικρῶν καὶ ὀδυνωδέων, ἢ τομῆς, ἢ καύσιος, ὧνπέρ ἐστι ἐν τῇσι δολιχῇσι νούσοισι χρέος, ὑποδιδρήσκουσι οἱ κάμνοντες, ὡς θανάτου δῆθεν αὐτέου ὀρεγόμενοι . ἔνθα δὴ ἀρετὴ διαείδεται ἀνδρὸς ἰητροῦ, καὶ μακροθυμίης, καὶ ποικιλίης, καὶ χάριτος ἀβλαβοῦς τῶν ἡδέων, καὶ παραιφάσιος: ἀτὰρ καὶ τὸν νοσέοντα χρὴ ἄλκιμον ἔμμεναι, καὶ ξυνίστασθαι τῷ ἰητρῷ κατὰ τοῦ νοσήματος. οὐ γὰρ τοῦ σώματος μοῦνον ἀπρὶξ λαβόμενον ταχὺ ἀνασμύχει τε καὶ δάπτει, ἀλλὰ ἐς πολλὰ καὶ τὴν αἰσθησίην ἐκτρέπει, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκμαίνει ἀκρασίῃ τοῦ σώματος. τοιήνδε τὴν μανίην καὶ τὴν μελαγχολίην ἴσμεν, περὶ ὧν αὖθις ἐρέω: τανῦν δ᾽ ἀμφὶ κεφαλαίης φράσω.

The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian. Aretaeus. Francis Adams LL.D. Boston. Milford House Inc. 1972 (Republication of the 1856 edition).

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