§2626.
26.
Ὅταν δὲ δοκέῃ καλῶς ἔχειν καὶ δέῃ παρὰ τὸν ἄνδρα ἐλθεῖν, ἡ μὲν γυνὴ ἄσιτος ἔστω, ὁ δὲ ἀνὴρ ἀθώρηκτος, ψυχρῷ λελουμένος καὶ σιτηθεὶς τὰ ξύμφορα· καὶ ἢν γνῷ ξυλλαβοῦσα τὴν γονὴν, μὴ ἔλθῃ τοῦ πρώτου χρόνου πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα, ἀλλ’ ἡσυχαζέτω·
When it seems to be in a good state and she must go to her husband, let the woman be fasting, and let the man be sober, having bathed in cold water and having eaten suitable food; and if she knows that she has conceived the seed, let her not go to her husband during the first period, but let her remain quiet.
γνώσεται δὲ ἢν μὲν ὁ ἀνὴρ φῇ ἀφιέναι, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ ἀγνοῇ ὑπὸ ξηρότητος· ἢν δὲ ἀποδῷ πάλιν ἡ μήτρη τὴν γονὴν ἐς τὰ αἰδοῖα καὶ γένηται ὑγρὴ, πάλιν ξυμμιγέσθω μέχρις ἂν συλλάβῃ.
And she will know it thus: if the man says that he has emitted, but the woman, because of dryness, does not perceive it; but if the womb gives back the seed again into the private parts and she becomes wet, let her couple again until she conceives.
§2727.
27.
Γυνὴ ἢν κυΐσκηται μὲν, διαφθείρῃ δὲ δίμηνα τὰ παιδία ἀκριβῶς ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον καὶ μήτε πρότερον μήθ’ ὕστερον, καὶ τοῦτο πάθῃ δὶς ἢ τρὶς κατὰ ταὐτὰ, καὶ πλέονα ἤν τε τρίμηνα ἤν τε τετράμηνα ἤν τε πλέονα χρόνον γεγονότα διαφθείρῃ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τοῦτον τρόπον, ταύτῃσιν αἱ μῆτραι οὐκ ἐπιδιδόασιν ἐπὶ τὸ μέζον, τοῦ παιδίου αὐξανομένου καὶ ὑπερβάλλοντος ἐκ τοῦ διμήνου ἢ τριμήνου ἢ ὁπηλίκου δήποτ’ οὖν· ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν αὐξάνεται, αἱ δὲ μῆτραι οὐκέτι εἰσὶν ἱκαναὶ, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τοῦτο διαφθείρεται ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον.
If a woman conceives indeed, but miscarries children at exactly two months, precisely at the same time and neither sooner nor later, and suffers this twice or thrice in the same way, or if she miscarries after a longer time, whether at three months or four months or longer, in this same manner, in these women the womb does not increase to a larger size, while the child is growing and exceeding the limit of two months or three months or of whatever age it may be; but while the child grows, the womb is no longer sufficient, and on this account miscarriage occurs at the same time.
Ταύτῃ χρὴ κλύσαι τὴν μήτρην, καὶ φυσῆσαι ὡς μάλιστα προσθέτοισι φαρμάκοις τοῖσιδε τῆς σικύης τὴν ἐντεριώνην κόψαντα διασῆσαι· ἔπειτα ἐν μέλιτι ἑφθῷ μῖξαι ὀλίγην πλείονι ὄντι τῷ μέλιτι καὶ σιλφίου ὀλίγον· τὸ δὲ μέλι κάθεφθον ἔστω· τοῦτο περιπλάσαι περὶ μήλην, τὸ πάχος ποιέοντα ὁκόσον παραδέξεται ὁ στόμαχος· προστιθέναι δὲ πρὸς τὸ στόμα τῆς μήτρης καὶ ὦσαι ὅκως ἂν περήσῃ ἐς τὸ εἴσω τῆς μήτρης· ὅταν δὲ ἀποτακῇ τὸ φάρμακον, ἐξελεῖν τὴν μήλην.
For this woman, one must wash out the womb and dilate it as much as possible with the following applied remedies: having pounded the marrow of the gourd and sifted it, then mix it in boiled honey, the honey being slightly more, and a little silphium; and let the honey be well boiled; smear this around a probe, making its thickness as much as the cervix will admit; then apply it to the mouth of the womb and push it so that it passes into the inside of the womb; and when the remedy has melted, remove the probe.
Καὶ τὸ ἐλατήριον ὧδε ποιέων προστιθέναι, καὶ τῆς κολοκυνθίδος τῆς ἀγρίης ὡσαύτως.
And apply elaterium in this way, and wild colocynth likewise.
Καὶ ἐσθιέτω τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον σκόροδα ὡς πλεῖστα καὶ καυλὸν σιλφίου καὶ ὅτι φῦσαν ἐμποιέει ἐν τῇ κοιλίῃ.
And let her eat during this time as much garlic as possible, and the stalk of silphium, and whatever produces wind in the belly.
Προστιθέσθω δὲ τὸ προσθετὸν διὰ τρίτης ἡμέρης, ἕως ἂν δοκέῃ καλῶς ἔχειν, καὶ πλῆθος ὁκόσον προσίεται· τὰς δὲ μεταξὺ μαλθακτηρίοισι χρῆσθαι.
And let the application be applied every third day, until it seems to be in a good state, and as much quantity as it admits; and on the intermediate days use softening remedies.
Ἐπειδὰν δὲ καταστῇ τοῖσι μαλθακτηρίοισι τὸ στόμα τῆς μήτρης, μετὰ τὸ ἐπιφανῆναι ἐπιμείνασαν, ὁκόταν ἤδη ξηρὴ ᾖ, μίγνυσθαι.
When the mouth of the womb is settled by the softening remedies, having waited after the menses have appeared, let her couple when she is already dry.
§2828.
28.
ᾟ τινι ἂν ἡ μήτρη ἔμπυος γένηται ἢ μετὰ τόκον ἢ ἐκ διαφθορῆς ἢ ἄλλως πως, καὶ μὴ ἐν τεύχει ἑτέρῳ καὶ χιτῶνι τὸ πῦον ὥσπερ ἐπὶ φύματος ᾖ, ξυμφέρει ταύτῃ μήλην ὑπαλειπτρίδα καθιέναι ἐς τὸ στόμα τῆς μήτρης· ἧσσον γὰρ δεήσεται κλύσιος, εἰ χωρήσειε πρὸς τὴν μήλην· ἔπειτα κάμπας τὰς ἀπὸ τῆς τιθυμαλίδος ξυλλέξας, αἳ δὴ κέντρα ἔχουσιν, αὐτὰς ἀποτάμνειν ἡσυχῇ, ὅκως ἂν ἡ φορβὴ μὴ ἐκρυῇ· ἔπειτα ξηραίνειν αὐτὰς ἐν ἡλίῳ καὶ τρίβειν· καὶ τοὺς σκώληκας δὲ τοὺς κοπρίνους ὡσαύτως ξηραίνειν ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ, ἔπειτα τρίβειν· καὶ τῆς μὲν κάμπης δύο ὀβολοὺς σταθμῷ αἰγιναίους, τῶν δὲ σκωλήκων διπλάσιον, καὶ ἀννήσου ὀλίγον παραμῖξαι, ἢ τῶν τοιουτοτρόπων τινός· κακῶδες γὰρ γίνεται· ταῦτα δὲ τρίψας λεῖα, δίες οἴνῳ λευκῷ εὐώδει· καὶ ἐπὴν πίῃ, βάρος ἐπιγίνεται καὶ νάρκη ἐμπίπτει ἐν τῇ γαστρί· ἢν οὖν ἐπιγένηται, μελίκρητον ἐπιπινέτω ὀλίγον.
In any woman whose womb becomes purulent, either after childbirth or from miscarriage or in some other way, and the pus is not in another vessel and membrane as in an abscess, it is beneficial to introduce a lubricated probe into the mouth of the womb; for she will have less need of washing out if the pus should come out along the probe; then having collected caterpillars from spurge, which indeed have prickles, cut them gently so that the juice does not run out; then dry them in the sun and pound them; and likewise dry the dung-beetles in the sun, then pound them; and mix two Aeginetan obols by weight of the caterpillar, and double of the beetles, and a little anise, or some of such kind; for it becomes foul-smelling; and having pounded these smooth, dissolve them in sweet-smelling white wine; and when she drinks it, heaviness occurs and numbness falls upon her belly; if therefore this occurs, let her drink a little hydromel after it.