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Ὀλιγοσιτέειν τε ὡς μάλιστα καὶ ὕδωρ ξυμφέρει πᾶσι τοῖσιν ἕλκεσι, μᾶλλον δὲ τοῖσι νεοτρώτοισι τῶν παλαιοτέρων, καὶ ὅ τι ἄλλο φλεγμαίνει ἕλκος ἢ μέλλει, καὶ ὅ τι σφακελίσαι κίνδυνος, καὶ τοῖσιν ἕλκεσι καὶ φλέγμασι τοῖσιν ἐν τοῖσιν ἄρθροισι, καὶ ὅκου σπασμοὺς κίνδυνος ἐπιγενέσθαι, καὶ τοῖσιν ἐν κοιλίῃ τρώμασι, παντῶν δὲ μάλιστα τοῖσιν ἐν κεφαλῇ καὶ μηρῷ κατεαγεῖσι, καὶ ἄλλῳ ᾧ κάτηξις ἂν γένηται, Ἑστάναι δʼ ἕλκεσι ἥκιστα ξυμφέρει, καὶ ἄλλως ἢν ἐν τῷ σκέλεϊ ἔχῃ τὸ ἕλκος, οὐδὲ καθῆσθαι οὐδὲ πορεύεσθαι· ἀλλʼ ἡσυχίη καὶ ἀτρεμίη ξυμφέρει…","divisions":[{"label":"§ 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-1"},{"label":"§ 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-2"},{"label":"§ 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-3"},{"label":"§ 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-4"},{"label":"§ 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-5"},{"label":"§ 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-6"},{"label":"§ 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-7"},{"label":"§ 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-8"},{"label":"§ 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-9"},{"label":"§ 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-10"},{"label":"§ 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-11"},{"label":"§ 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-12"},{"label":"§ 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-13"},{"label":"§ 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-14"},{"label":"§ 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-15"},{"label":"§ 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-16"},{"label":"§ 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-17"},{"label":"§ 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-18"},{"label":"§ 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-19"},{"label":"§ 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-20"},{"label":"§ 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-21"},{"label":"§ 22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-22"},{"label":"§ 23","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-23"},{"label":"§ 24","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-24"},{"label":"§ 25","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-25"},{"label":"§ 26","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-26"},{"label":"§ 27","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/#tlg0627-tlg028-local002-27"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg0627.tlg028.local002.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg0627/tlg028/local002.json.gz"}}