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Κεφ. ι. περὶ Λειεντερίης.

ἢν ἐπὶ δυσεντερίῃσι καὶ ἕλκεσι πλατέσι καὶ κάρτα βαθέσι τῶν ἄνω ἐντέρων ὠτειλαὶ ἐγγίγνωνται πυκναὶ, παχεῖαι , στερέμνιοι , τὰ σιτία ἐκ τῶνδε ἐς τὰ κάτω διεκθέει, ὑγρὰ, ἀδιάκρι τα τοῦ τροφίμου: τὸ γὰρ τῶν ἐντέρων ἀραιὸν δι᾽ οὗπερ ἐς τὴν ἄνω φορὴν ἡ τροφὴ ἀναΐσσει, ἀπέκλεισεν ἡ ὠτειλή. ἀτροφίη οὖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἴσχει καὶ ἀχροίη, καὶ ἀτονίη. ἐπικλην τὸ πάθος λειεντερίη ἴσχει, — τὸ ἐπὶ τῇ οὐλῇ λέγω τῶν ἐντέρων, — τοὔνομα. καὶ νῦν μὲν ἐξ ἑλκέων ἐστὶ ἡ πάθη: ἄλλοτε δὲ ἔντερα μὲν ὠτειλὴν οὐκ ἴσχει: ἔθος δὲ καὶ μελέτη διαρρυεῖσα ἐκδιδάσκει τὰ ἔντερα. τὸ γὰρ ἐν τουτέοισι θερμὸν ἢν καταψυχθέν κοτε μήτε καταπέσσῃ, μήτε ἐς τὴν ἀναφορὴν ἀναΐσσῃ, ἄκρατον δὲ ὑπ᾽ ἀσθενίης ἔῃ, διαδιδρήσκει πᾶν ἔργον ἡ τροφή. ἀλλ᾽ ἢν μὲν σχέδιος καὶ μὴ ἑδραίη γένηται ἡ κάθαρσις, ἀλλὰ φαύλη, ἁπλοῦς ἔμετος ἀπὸ σιτίων ἔλυσε τὴν νοῦσον. ἢν δὲ προσοκείλῃ χρόνῳ, καὶ ἐν ἕδρῃ ἵζῃ ἡ αἰτίη τουτέων, οὐδὲν ὠφελέει.

τίκτει δὲ καὶ χρονίη νοῦσος, καὶ ὀρθοστάδην καχεξίη : ἀτὰρ καὶ ὕδρωπές κοτε ἐς τόδε ἀπέσκηψαν εὐτυχῶς, ἐς κακὸν μὲν ἐκ κακοῦ, ἀλλὰ κρέσσων ἡ διαδοχή.

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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