§1515.
15.
Γυναικὶ δυστοκεούσῃ, ἢν τὸ παιδίον ἐν τῇσι γονῇσιν ἐνέχηται καὶ μὴ εὐπόρως ἐξέλθῃ, ἀλλὰ ξὺν πόνῳ καὶ μηχανῇσιν ἰητροῦ, ταῦτα τὰ παιδία ἀρτίζωα.
For a woman in difficult labor, if the child is caught in the genital passages and does not come out easily, but with pain and by the instruments of a physician, these children are newly alive.
Τουτέων οὐ χρὴ τὸν ὀμφαλὸν ἀποτάμνειν, πρὶν ἂν οὐρήσῃ, ἢ πτάρῃ, ἢ φωνήσῃ, ἀλλὰ ἐᾷν, προσχωρῆσαι δὲ τὴν γυναῖκα ὡς ἐγγυτάτω τοῦ παιδίου, καὶ ἢν διψῇ, πινέτω μελίκρητον.
Of these one must not cut the umbilical cord until it urinates, or sneezes, or cries out, but let it be; and let the woman approach as close as possible to the child, and if she is thirsty, let her drink hydromel.
Καὶ ἢν ὁ ὀμφαλὸς ἐμφυσῆται ὥσπερ στόμαχος, κινηθήσεται, ἢ πταρεῖ τε τὸ παιδίον καὶ φωνὴν ῥήξει, καὶ τότε ἀποτάμνειν ἀναπνέοντος τοῦ παιδίου.
And if the umbilical cord inflates like a stomach, it will move, or the child will sneeze and break into a cry, and then cut it while the child is breathing.
Ἢν δὲ μὴ φυσῆται ὁ ὀμφαλὸς μηδὲ κινῆται, χρόνου ἐγγενομένου, οὐ βιώσεται.
But if the umbilical cord does not inflate nor move, after some time has passed, it will not survive.
§1616.
16.
Κυέουσαν γυναῖκα, ἢν μὴ ἄλλως γινώσκῃς, ἀλλ’ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ εἱλκυσμένοι καὶ κοιλότεροι γίνονται, καὶ τὰ λευκὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν οὐκ ἔχει τὴν φύσιν τῆς λευκότητος, ἀλλὰ πελιδνότερα.
As for a pregnant woman, even if you do not know it by other means, yet her eyes are drawn and become more sunken, and the whites of her eyes do not have their natural whiteness, but are more livid.
§1717.
17.
Ἤν τις ἐπίτοκος ἐοῦσα κοιλοιδιᾷ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς, καὶ ὑποιδέῃ τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ ὅλη αὐτὴ, καὶ τοὺς πόδας οἰδέῃ, καὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ φλέγματος λευκοῦ ἐχομένη φαίνηται, καὶ τὰ ὦτα λευκὰ καὶ ἡ ῥὶς ἀκρὴ λευκὴ καὶ τὰ χείλεα πελιδνὰ αὐτέῃ ᾖ, τεθνηκότα τίκτουσιν, ἢ ζῶντα πονηρὰ καὶ οὐ βιώσιμα καὶ ἄναιμα ὡς νοσηλεύοντα, ἢ προέτεκον οὐ γόνιμα.
If any woman near delivery has her eyes sunken and swollen, and her face and her whole body are slightly swollen, and her feet are swollen, and she appears as if possessed by white phlegm, and her ears are white and the tip of her nose is white and her lips are livid, they give birth to dead children, or to live ones that are weak and non-viable and bloodless as if diseased, or they give birth prematurely to non-viable ones.
Ταύτῃσι τὸ αἷμα ἐξυδατώθη· δεῖ οὖν αὐτῇσι μετὰ τὸν τόκον τὰ εὐώδεα προστιθέναι, καὶ πίνειν τὰ εὐώδεα, καὶ σιτίοισιν ἀνατρέφειν.
In these women the blood has become watery; therefore, after delivery, one must apply sweet-smelling remedies to them, and have them drink sweet-smelling things, and nourish them with food.
Καὶ πρῶτον τοῦ προσώπου ἡ ρὶς ἔνσημος γίνεται ἄκρη, καὶ χρῶμα λαμβάνει.
And first of the face, the tip of the nose becomes marked and takes on color.
§1818.
18.
Ἤν τις κυϊσκομένη γῆν ἐπιθυμέῃ ἐσθίειν ἢ ἄνθρακας καὶ ἐσθίῃ, ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ παιδίου φαίνεται, ὁκόταν τεχθῇ, σημεῖον ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων.
If any pregnant woman desires to eat earth or coals, and eats them, a mark from such things appears on the child's head when it is born.
§1919.
19.
Γυναικὶ χρὴ εἰδέναι τῶν μαζῶν ὁκότερός ἐστιν αὐτέῃ μέζων, κεῖθι γὰρ τὸ ἔμβρυον· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν· ἔσται γὰρ μέζων καὶ λαμπρότερος τὸ πᾶν εἴσω τοῦ βλεφάρου, ὁκοτέρωθι καὶ μαζὸς μέζων.
For a woman one must know which of her breasts is larger, for the fetus is on that side; and likewise for the eye; for the whole area inside the eyelid will be larger and brighter on whichever side the breast is also larger.
§2020.
20.
ᾟ τινι ἂν ἀπὸ προσθέτων μὴ λίην ἰσχυρῶν ὀδύναι ἐς τὰ ἄρθρα ἀφικνέωνται καὶ βρυγμὸς ἔχῃ, καὶ σκορδινέηται, καὶ χασμᾶται, ἐλπὶς ταύτην κυῆσαι μᾶλλον ἢ ἥ τις ἂν τουτέων μηδὲν πάσχῃ.
In any woman, if from applications that are not too strong, pains reach the joints and chattering of teeth possesses her, and she stretches and yawns, there is greater hope of her conceiving than of one who suffers none of these things.
§2121.
21.
Γυνὴ ἥτις παχέα παρὰ φύσιν ἐγένετο καὶ πίειρα καὶ φλέγματος ἐπλήσθη, οὐ κυΐσκεται τούτου τοῦ χρόνου· ἥτις δὲ φύσει τοιαύτη ἐστὶ, κυΐσκεται τουτέων ἕνεκεν, ἢν μή τι ἄλλο κωλύῃ αὐτήν.
A woman who has become unnaturally stout and fat and is filled with phlegm does not conceive at that time; but she who is such by nature does conceive as far as these things are concerned, unless something else prevents her.
§2222.
22.
Τῶν γυναικῶν τῇσι πλείστῃσιν ὅταν τὰ ἐπιμήνια μέλλῃ φαίνεσθαι, ὁ στόμαχος αὐτὸς ἑωυτὸν ἀνέσπακε μᾶλλον ἢ ἄλλοτε.
In most women, when the menses are about to appear, the cervix itself draws itself upward more than at other times.
§2323.
23.
Γυνὴ ἥτις ἀρικύμων ἐοῦσα πέπαυται κυϊσκομένη, φλεβοτομείσθω δὶς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν χειρέων καὶ τῶν σκελέων.
A woman who, having been fertile, has ceased to conceive, should be bled twice a year from her arms and her legs.
§2424.
24.
ᾟ τινι ὀδύναι ἐν ἰσχίῳ ἢ ἐν κεφαλῇ ἢ ἐν χερσὶν, ἢ ἄλλοθί που τοῦ σώματος, ὅταν δὲ κύῃ, ἐκλείπουσιν, ὁκόταν δ’ ἀπολυθῇ ἀπὸ τῶν μητρέων, ἔνεισι, ξυμφέρει τὰ εὐώδεα καὶ πίνειν καὶ προστίθεσθαι πρὸς τὸ στόμα τῆς μήτρης.
In any woman in whom pains in the hip, head, hands, or anywhere else in the body disappear when she is pregnant, but are present when she is delivered from the womb, it is beneficial to both drink sweet-smelling remedies and apply them to the mouth of the womb.
§2525.
25.
Ὅταν τινὰ ἰητρεύῃς γυναῖκα κυήσιος ἕνεκεν, ὁκόταν δοκέῃ κεκαθάρθαι, καὶ τὸ στόμα καλῶς ἔχῃ τῆς μήτρης, λουσάσθω, καὶ σμηξάσθω τὴν κεφαλήν· μὴ ἀλειψάσθω δὲ μηδενί· ἔπειτα ὀθόνιον ἄνοδμον περιθεῖσα περὶ αὐτὰς τὰς τρίχας πεπλυμένον, κεκρυφάλῳ πεπλυμένῳ ἢ μηδενὸς ὄζοντι καταδησάσθω τὸ ὀθόνιον ἐπιθεῖσα πρῶτον· ἔπειτα ἀναπαυέσθω προσθεμένη χαλβάνην πρὸς τὸν στόμαχον, ἑψήσασα καὶ μαλθάξασα πρὸς πῦρ καὶ μὴ ἥλιον· ἔπειτα πρωῒ ἀπολυσαμένη τὸν κεκρύφαλον μετὰ τοῦ ὀθονίου, ὀσφρανθῆναι παρεχέτω τινὶ τὴν αὐτῆς κορυφήν· καὶ ἢν μὲν ὀζέσῃ, καλῶς ἔχει τῆς καθάρσιος· ἢν δὲ μὴ, κακῶς· ἄσιτος δὲ ταῦτα ποιείτω.
When you treat any woman for the sake of conception, when she seems to have been cleansed and the mouth of her womb is in good condition, let her bathe and wash her head; but let her smear herself with nothing; then having wrapped a washed, odorless linen cloth around her hair itself, let her bind the cloth, having first applied it, with a washed hairnet or one that smells of nothing; then let her rest after applying galbanum to the cervix, having boiled and softened it over a fire and not the sun; then in the morning having removed the hairnet along with the linen cloth, let her present the crown of her head to someone to smell; and if it smells, the cleansing is in a good state; but if not, it is in a bad state; and let her do these things fasting.
Καὶ ἢν μὴ τεκνοῦσα ἦ, οὐδέποτε ὀζέσει,, οὔτε καθαιρομένη οὔτ’ ἄλλως· οὐδ’ ἢν κυέουσα προσθῇ, οὐδ’ οὕτως ὀζέσει· ἥτις δὲ κυΐσκεται θαμέως καὶ ἀρικύμων ἐστὶ καὶ ὑγιαίνει, ἢν προσθῇς μηδὲ καθῆρας, ὀζέσει αὐτῆς ἡ κορυφὴ, ἄλλο δὲ οὐδέν.
And if she is not capable of bearing children, she will never smell, whether being cleansed or otherwise; nor if she applies it while pregnant will she smell in this way either; but she who conceives frequently, is fertile, and is healthy, if you apply it even without having cleansed her, the crown of her head will smell, and nothing else.