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ἢν ἕλκος ἐξ ἀποστάσιος ἐν τῷ πνεύμονι γένηται, ἢ ἐκ βηχὸς χρονίης, ἢ ἀναγωγῆς αἵματος, καὶ ἀναβήσσῃ πῦον, πύη, Ermerins does not appear to me to be warranted in substituting φθόη for πύη, contrary to the authority of all the MSS. Moreover, it seems to be excluded from this place by the terms in which our author applies φθόη to a particular state of the diseased parts — ἀλλὰ φθόην μεταλαμβάνει; i.e. but the disease assumes the peculiar name of phthoe. He is right, however, in following the suggestion of Petit, and substituting ἕλκος for ἐντὸς at the commencement. καὶ φθίσις κικλήσκεται· ἢν δὲ θώρηξ ἢ πλευρὸν ἐμπυήσῃ, ἐπανάγηται δὲ διὰ τοῦ πνεύμονος, ἐμπύη ἥδε τοὔνομα.I am not aware that the term ἐμπύη occurs elsewhere. Hippocrates and Galen, I believe, universally use the substantive ἐμπύημα, or the adjective ἔμπυοι- — the latter being their more common practice. ἢν δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖσι καὶ ὁ πνεύμων ἕλκος ἵσχῃ, ἀναβρωθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ διενεχθέντος πύου, τοὔνομα οὐκέτι ἐμπύη, ἀλλὰ φθόην μεταλαμβάνει· ξύνεστι δὲ καὶ πῦρ ξυνεχὲς, ὡς μὴ δοκέειν,At first I was inclined to adopt the alteration of Ermerins, who substitutes μοι for μὴ; but, after reading Caelius Aurelianus’s description of Phthisis, I was convinced that μὴ is the preferable reading. The words of Aurelianus are: Sequitur autem αεgrotantes febricula latens, etc. λῆγον μὲν οὔκοτε, λῆθον δὲ διʼ ἡμέρης ἱδρῶτι καὶ ψύξι τοῦ σκήνεος. καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὰ ἴδια φθόης ἐστὶ, ἢν ἡ θέρμη ζωπυρῇ, καὶ ἐς νύκτα ἐκλάμπῃ, ἡμέρην δὲ αὖθις ἐν τοῖσι σπλάγχνοισι φωλεύει· δηλοῖ δὲ ἡ δυσφορίη, καὶ ἡ ἀδυναμίη, καὶ αἱ ξυντήξιες. ἢν γὰρ ἀπεδίδρησκε τοῦ σκήνεος διʼ ἡμέρης τὸ πῦρ, πῶς οὐκ ἂν ἐσαρκοῦ τό τε καὶ ἠδύνατο, καὶ εὐφόρως εἶχεν ὥνθρωπος; εὖτε γὰρ ἀνάγει, ἐπὶ μᾶλλον τὰ δεινὰ αὐξέεται.I am not satisfied with ἀνάγει in this sentence; but have not been able to find a proper substitute for it. The translation of Crassus is most suitable to the context: ut enim recessit, etc. Qu. ἀνέθῃ? σφυγμοὶ σμικροὶ καὶ ἀμυδροὶ, ἀγρυπνὴ, ἄχροια, καὶ τἄλλα πάντα ὁκόσα οἱ πυρεταίνοντες· ἰδέαι δὲ ὑγρῶν μυρίαι, πελιδνῶν, μελάνων κατακορέων , ἢ ὠχρολεύκων , ἢ λευκοχλωρέων· πλατέων, στρογγύλων· σκληρῶν, δυσλύτων, ἢ μανῶν, λυομένων· ἢ ἀνόσμων, ἢ κακωδέων· ἅπαντα δὲ τάδε πύου ἔασι ἰδέαι. ὁκόσοι γὰρ ἢ πυρὶ ἢ ὕδατι τὰ ὑγρὰ τεκμαίρονται, οὐ κάρτα μοι δοκέουσι φθόην οἵδε γιγνώσκειν· πιστοτέρη γὰρ ἡ ὄψις ἁπάσης ἄλλης αἰσθήσιος, οὐ τῶν ἀναγομένων μοῦνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ εἴδεος τοῦ νοσέοντος. ἢν γὰρ καὶ δημότης ἴδῃ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὠχρὸν, ἀδρανῆ, ἀναβήσσοντα, ξυντετηκότα, ἀτρεκέα μαντεύεται φθόην· ἀτὰρ ἠδὲ ὁκόσοισι μὲν ἕλκος μὲν οὐκ ἔστι ἐν πνεύμονι, ξυντετήκασι δὲ πυρετοῖσι χρονίοισι, πυκνὰ δὲ καὶ σκληρὰ καὶ ἀτελέα βήσσουσι, καὶ ἀνάγουσι οὐδὲν, καὶ τούσδε φθισικοὺς κικλήσκουσι, οὐ πάνυ ἀσήμως. ξύνεστι δὲ τοῦ θώρηκος βάρος· πλεύμων γὰρ ἄπονος,In all the MSS. and editions, except that of Ermerins, we read ἄτονος, which is unsuitable to the place. ἄση, δυσφορίη, ἀποσιτίη, ἑσπέρῃ περίψυξις, καὶ θέρμη ἐς τὴν ἕω· ἱδρὼς ἄχρι θώρηκος τῆς θέρμης δυσφορώτερος· βηχὸς ἀναγωγαὶ ποικίλαι, ὁκοίας ἔλεξα.
