§55.
5.
Κατάστασιν δὲ τῆς νούσου ἐκ τῶν πρώτων ἀρχομένων ὅ τι ἂν ἐκκρίνηται, ἐκ τῶν οὔρων ὁκοῖα ἂν ἔῃ, καὶ οἵη τις σύμπτωσις, χροιῆς ἀπάλλαξις, πνεύματος μινύθησις, καὶ τἄλλα μετὰ τούτων ἐπιθεωρέειν.
One must inspect the state of the disease from the very beginning, by whatever is secreted, what kind of urine there is, what kind of collapse occurs, loss of color, reduction of breath, and other things along with these.
Τὸ μὲν, εἰ ὅμοια τὰ ἀπιόντα, δεῖ εἰδέναι, διέξοδοι, οὖρα, καθ᾿ ὑστέρας, πτύαλα, κατὰ ῥῖνας, ὄμματα, ἱδρὼς, ἐκ φυμάτων, ἢ τρωμάτων, ἢ ἐξανθημάτων, ὁκόσα αὐτόματα, ὁκόσα τέχνῃσιν, ὅτι ὅμοια ἀλλήλοισι πάντα τὰ κρίνοντα, καὶ τὰ ὠφελέοντα, καὶ τὰ βλάπτοντα, καὶ τὰ ἀπολύοντα, ὡς τὰ μὲν περιφεύγων ἀποτρέπῃ, τὰ δὲ προσκαλέων καὶ ἄγῃ καὶ δέχηται.
On the one hand, one must know whether the evacuations are similar, namely discharges, urine, uterine secretions, saliva, nasal secretions, eyes, sweat, from tumors, wounds, or eruptions, whether spontaneous or artificial; because all things that determine the crisis, both those that benefit and those that harm, and those that resolve the disease, are similar to one another, so that by avoiding some, one may avert them, and by inviting others, one may lead and receive them.
Καὶ τἄλλα δὲ οὕτω, δέρματος, ἀκρέων, ὑποχονδρίων, ἄρθρων, ὄμματος, στόματος, σχημάτων, ὕπνων, οἷα κρίνει, καὶ ὅτε τὰ τοιαῦτα δεῖ μηχανάασθαι.
And the same holds for other things: skin, extremities, hypochondria, joints, eye, mouth, postures, sleep, what kind of crises they present, and when one must employ such devices.
Καὶ ἔτι ὅσαι τοιαῦται ἀποστάσιες γίνονται, οἷαι ὠφελέουσι, βρώμασι, πόμασιν, ὀδμῇσιν, ὁράμασιν, ἀκούσμασιν, ἐννοήμασιν, ἀφόδοισιν, θάλψει, ψύξει, ὑγροῖσι, ξηροῖσιν, ὑγρῆναι, ξηρῆναι, χρίσμασιν, ἐγχρίσμασιν, ἐπιπλάστοισιν, ἐμπλάστοισιν, ἐπιπάστοισιν, ἐπιδέτοισιν, ἐπιθέτοισι, σχήματα, ἀνάτριψις, ἴησις, πόνος, ἀργίη, ὕπνος, ἀγρυπνίη, πνεύμασιν ἄνωθεν, κάτωθεν, κοινοῖσιν, ἰδίοισι, τεχνητοῖσιν, ἐν τοῖσι παροξύσμοισι μήτε ἐοῦσι, μήτε μέλλουσι, μήτ᾿ ἐν ποδῶν ψύξει, ἀλλ᾿ ἐν καταῤῥόπῳ τῇ νούσῳ.
And further, what kind of metastases occur, and what things are beneficial: by food, drink, odors, sights, sounds, thoughts, discharges, warming, cooling, moist or dry things, moistening, drying, liniments, eye-drops, poultices, plasters, dusting powders, bandages, applications, postures, friction, cure, labor, rest, sleep, wakefulness, winds from above or below, common, private, artificial. These must not be used when paroxysms are present, nor when they are about to occur, nor during coldness of the feet, but when the disease is on the decline.
§66.
6.
Τοῖσιν ἐν τῇσι περιόδοισι παροξυσμοῖσι τὰ προσάρματα μὴ διδόναι μηδὲ ἀναγκάζειν, ἀλλ᾿ ἀφαιρέειν τῶν προσθεσίων πρὸ τῶν κρισίων.
During the paroxysms in periods, one must not give nor force nourishment, but rather diminish the applications before the crises.
Τὰ κρινόμενα καὶ τὰ κεκριμένα ἀπαρτὶ μὴ κινέειν, μήτε νεωτεροποιέειν μήτε φαρμακείῃσι, μήτε ἄλλοισιν ἐρεθισμοῖσιν, ἀλλ᾿ ἐᾷν.
One must not move at all those things undergoing crisis or those already decided, nor make any innovation either by medicines or other irritants, but let them be.
Τὰ κρίνοντα ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον μὴ αὐτίκα ἐπιφαίνεσθαι.
The signs that decide the crisis do not always appear immediately for the better.
Πέπονα φαρμακεύειν καὶ κινέειν, μὴ ὠμὰ, μηδὲ ἐν ἀρχῇσιν, εἰ μὴ ὀργᾷ· τὰ δὲ πολλὰ οὐκ ὀργᾷ.
One must treat with medicine and move those things that are cocted, not raw things, nor at the beginning, unless there is an turgor; but in most cases there is no turgor.
Ἃ δεῖ ἄγειν, ὅπη ἂν μάλιστα ῥέπῃ διὰ τῶν ξυμφερόντων χωρίων, ταύτῃ ἄγειν.
Whither the evacuation most tends, thither one must lead what is to be drawn off, through suitable places.
Τὰ χωρέοντα μὴ τῷ πλήθει τεκμαίρεσθαι, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς ἂν χωρέῃ οἷα δεῖ, καὶ φέρῃ εὐφόρως·
One must not judge the evacuations by their quantity, but by whether they are evacuated as they should be, and whether the patient bears them easily.
ὅκου δὲ δεῖ, γυιῶσαι, ἢ λειποθυμῆσαι, ἕως ἂν τοῦτο ποιηθῇ, οὕνεκα ποιέεται·
But where necessary, one should weaken or cause fainting, until that for the sake of which it is done has been accomplished.
εἴ τι ἄλλο τότε δεῖ, ἐπ᾿ ἄλλο ῥέψαι, ἢ ξηρῆναι, ἢ ὑγρῆναι, ἢ ἀντισπάσαι, ἢν ἐξαρκέῃ ὁ νοσέων· τούτοισι τεκμαίρεσθαι· τὰ μὲν ξηρὰ, θερμὰ ἔσται, τὰ δὲ ὑγρὰ, ψυχρά· διαχωρητικὰ δὲ τἀναντία, ὡς ἐπὶ τὸ πολὺ δὲ ταῦτα.
If at that time something else is necessary, one should turn to another direction, either to dry, or to moisten, or to use revulsion, if the patient has sufficient strength; judge by these things: the dry will be hot, the moist will be cold; but laxatives are the contrary, and in most cases this is so.
Ἐν τῇσι περισσῇσιν ἄνω, ἢν καὶ αἱ περίοδοι καὶ ἡ κατάστασις τοιαύτη ἔῃ τῶν παροξυσμῶν· γίνεται δὲ τὰ πλεῖστα ἐν τῇσιν ἀρτίῃσι κάτω· οὕτω γὰρ καὶ αὐτόματα ὠφελέει, ἢν αἱ περίοδοι τοὺς παροξυσμοὺς ἐν τῇσιν ἀρτίῃσι ποιέωνται· ἐν δὲ τοῖσι μὴ τοιούτοισιν, ἐν μὲν ἀρτίῃσιν ἄνω, ἐν δὲ περισσῇσι κάτω· ὀλίγαι δὲ τοιαῦται, αἱ δὲ τοιαῦται δυσκριτώτεραι καταστάσιες.
On odd days, one should lead upwards, if both the periods and the state of paroxysms are of such a kind; but most evacuations occur downwards on even days; for thus even spontaneous evacuations benefit, if the periods produce the paroxysms on even days; but in those cases which are not of this kind, upwards on even days, and downwards on odd days; but such states are few, and such states are more difficult to judge.
Ἀτὰρ καὶ τὰ πρόσω χρόνου προήκοντα ἀνάγκη οὕτως, οἷον τρισκαιδεκαταῖα, τεσσαρεσκαιδεκαταῖα, τρισκαιδεκάτῃ μὲν κάτω, τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ δὲ ἄνω (πρὸς γὰρ τὸ κρίσιμον οὕτω ξυμφέρει), καὶ ὁκόσα εἰκοσταῖα, πλὴν ὁκόσα κάτω.
Furthermore, those cases that have advanced far in time must also be treated thus, as those of the thirteenth and fourteenth days, on the thirteenth downwards, on the fourteenth upwards (for this is beneficial for the crisis), and those of the twentieth day, except those downwards.
Πολλὰ δὲ δεῖ καθαίρειν, ταῦτα δὲ μὴ ἐγγὺς οὕτω κρίσιος, ἀλλὰ προσωτέρω· δεῖ δὲ ὀλιγάκις ἐν ὀξέσι πολλὰ ἄγειν.
One must often purge, but not so near the crisis, but further from it; and one must rarely draw off much in acute diseases.