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Hippocrates · On Dentition §1-32

Signs of Infantile Teething and Throat Affections

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Summary

This text discusses the prognosis of various physical signs during infantile teething, such as nutrition, excretion, fever, and convulsions, as well as the symptoms and severity of throat conditions like tonsillar and pharyngeal ulcers.

§1## ΠΕΡΙ ΟΔΟΝΤΟΦΥΙΗΣ. 1.
## ON TEETHING. 1.
Τὰ φύσει εὔτροφα τῶν παιδίων οὐκ ἀνάλογον τῆς σαρκώσεως καὶ τὸ γάλα θηλάζει.
Children who are naturally well-nourished do not suck milk in proportion to their fleshiness.
§22.
2.
Τὰ βορὰ καὶ πολὺ ἕλκοντα γάλα οὐ πρὸς λόγον σαρκοῦται.
Those that are greedy and draw much milk do not put on flesh in proportion.
§33.
3.
Τὰ πουλὺ διουρέοντα τῶν θηλαζόντων ἥκιστα ἐπιναύσια.
Infants who urinate much are least subject to nausea.
§44.
4.
Ὁκόσοισι πολλὴ φέρεται ἡ κοιλίη καὶ εὐπεπτοῦσιν, ὑγιεινότερα· ὁκόσοισιν ὀλίγη, βοροῖσιν ἐοῦσι καὶ μὴ ἀνάλογον τρεφομένοισιν, ἐπίνοσα.
Those whose bowels are loose and digest well are healthier; those whose bowels are sluggish, though they are greedy and are not nourished in proportion, are sickly.
§55.
5.
Ὁκόσοισι δὲ πουλὺ γαλακτῶδες ἀπεμεῖται, κοιλίη ξυνίσταται.
Those who vomit up much milky matter have constipated bowels.
§66.
6.
Ὁκόσοισιν ἐν ὀδοντοφυίῃ ἡ κοιλίη πλείω ὑπάγει, ἧσσον σπᾶται ἢ ὅτῳ ὁλιγάκις.
Those whose bowels are looser during dentition are less subject to convulsions than those whose bowels are constipated.
§77.
7.
Ὁκόσοισιν ἐπὶ ὀδοντοφυίῃ πυρετὸς ὀξὺς ἐπιγίγνεται, ὀλιγάκις σπῶνται.
Those who get an acute fever during dentition rarely suffer from convulsions.
§88.
8.
Ὁκόσα ὀδοντοφυεῦντα εὔτροφα μένει καταφορικὰ ἐόντα, κίνδυνος σπασμὸν ἐπιλαβεῖν.
Those who, while teething, remain well-nourished but are somnolent, are in danger of convulsions.
§99.
9.
Τὰ ἐν χειμῶνι ὀδοντοφυεῦντα, τῶν ἄλλων ὁμοίων ἐόντων, βέλτιον ἀπαλλάσσει.
Those who teeth in winter, other conditions being equal, get off better.
§1010.
10.
Οὐ πάντα τὰ ἐπὶ ὀδοῦσι σπασθέντα τελευτᾷ· πολλὰ δὲ καὶ διασώζεται.
Not all those who suffer from convulsions during teething die; many indeed survive.
§1111.
11.
Τὰ μετὰ βηχὸς ὀδοντοφυεῦντα χρονίζει· ἐν δὲ τῇ διακεντήσει, ἰσχναίνεται μᾶλλον.
Those who teeth with a cough suffer for a long time; and during the eruption of the teeth they waste away more.
§1212.
12.
Ὁκόσα ἐν τῷ ὀδοντοφυέειν χειμῶνας ἔχει, ταῦτα καὶ προσεχόντως ἠγμένα ῥᾷον φέρει ὀδοντοφυίαν.
Those who, while teething, encounter cold weather, bear the teething more easily if they are carefully managed.
§1313.
13.
Τὰ διουρεῦντα πλέον ἢ διαχωρεῦντα πρὸς λόγον εὐτροφώτερα.
Those who urinate more than they pass stool are proportionably better nourished.
§1414.
14.
Ὁκόσοισιν οὐρεῖται μὴ πρὸς λόγον, κοιλίη δὲ πυκνῶς ὠμὸν ἐκ παιδίων παρηθεῖ, ἐπίνοσα.
Those in whom urine is not voided in proportion, and whose bowels frequently discharge undigested matter from infancy, are sickly.
§1515.
15.
Τὰ εὔυπνα καὶ εὔτροφα πουλὺ ἀναλαμβάνειν καὶ παράκειται οὐχ ἱκανῶς διῳκημένον.
Those who sleep well and are well-nourished recover rapidly, though this is accompanied by a lack of proper regulation.
§1616.
16.
Τὰ παρεσθίοντα ἐν τῷ θηλάζειν ῥᾷον φέρει ἀπογαλακτισμόν.
Those who take other food along with their milk bear weaning more easily.
§1717.
17.
Τὰ πολλάκις παρηθεῦντα δίαιμον καὶ ἄπεπτον κατὰ κοιλίην, πλεῖστα τῶν ἐν πυρετῷ ὑπνώδεα.
Those who frequently discharge bloody and undigested matter from the bowels are, for the most part, somnolent when in a fever.
§1818.
18.
Τὰ ἐν παρισθμίοις ἕλκεα ἄνευ πυρετῶν γιγνόμενα ἀσφαλέστερα.
Ulcers in the tonsils that occur without fever are less dangerous.
§1919.
19.
Ὁκόσοισιν ἐν τῷ θηλάζειν τῶν νηπίων βὴξ προσίσταται, σταφυλὴν εἴωθε μείζονα ἔχειν.
Infants who develop a cough while sucking are accustomed to have an enlarged uvula.
§2020.
20.
Ὁκόσοισι ταχέως ἐν παρισθμίοις νομαὶ ἐφίστανται, τῶν πυρετῶν μενόντων καὶ βηχίων, κίνδυνος πάλιν γενέσθαι ἕλκεα.
When spreading ulcers quickly form on the tonsils, while the fevers and coughs persist, there is a danger of ulcers recurring.
§2121.
21.
Τὰ παλινδρομήσαντα ἐν ἰσθμίοις ἕλκεα τοῖσιν ὁμοίοισι κινδυνώδη.
Recurrent ulcers in the throat are dangerous in similar cases.
§2222.
22.
Τοῖσι παιδίοισιν ἀξιολόγοις ἕλκεσιν ἐν παρισθμίοισι, καταπινομένων, σωτηρίας ἐστὶν, ὁκόσα δὴ μᾶλλον τῶν πρότερον μὴ δυναμένων καταπίνειν.
For children with significant ulcers on the tonsils, if they can swallow, it is a sign of recovery, especially for those who previously were unable to swallow.
§2323.
23.
Ἐν παρισθμίοισιν ἕλκεσι, πουλὺ τὸ χολῶδες ἀνεμεῖσθαι ἢ κατὰ κοιλίαν ἔρχεσθαι, κινδυνῶδες.
In cases of ulcers on the tonsils, it is dangerous if much bilious matter is vomited up or passed through the bowels.
§2424.
24.
Ἐν τοῖσιν ἐν παρισθμίοισιν ἕλκεσιν, ἀραχνιῶδές τι ἐὸν οὐκ ἀγαθόν.
In cases of ulcers on the tonsils, the presence of something like a spider's web is not a good sign.
§2525.
25.
Ἐν τοῖσιν ἐν παρισθμίοισιν ἕλκεσι μετὰ τοὺς πρώτους χρόνους διαῤῥεῖν φλέγμα διὰ τοῦ στόματος, πρότερον οὐκ ὂν, χρήσιμον, ὅμως ἀνακτέον· ἢν δὲ ἄρξηται ξυνδιδόναι, πάντως ἀσμενιστέον· τὸ δὲ μὴ οὕτως διαῤῥέον εὐλαβητέον.
In cases of ulcers on the tonsils, if after the first stage phlegm flows through the mouth, which was not present before, this is useful, yet it must be brought up; and if it begins to yield, it is altogether to be welcomed; but we must be on our guard against that which does not flow out in this way.
§2626.
26.
Ῥευματιζομένοις παρίσθμια κοιλίη κατενεχθεῖσα πλείω λύει τὰς ξηρὰς βῆχας· παιδίοισιν ἀνενεχθέν τι πεπεμμένον πλείω λύει.
In those with catarrh of the tonsils, a loose bowel relieves dry coughs to a greater degree; in children, the expectoration of concocted matter relieves them still more.
§2727.
27.
Τὰ πουλὺν χρόνον ἐν παρισθμίοις ἕλκεα ἀναυξῆ μένοντα ἀκίνδυνα πρὸ τῶν πέντε ἢ ἓξ ἡμερέων.
Ulcers on the tonsils that remain for a long time without increasing in size are free from danger before five or six days.
§2828.
28.
Τὰ πουλὺ γάλα τῶν θηλαζόντων ἀναλαμβάνοντα, ὡς τὸ πουλὺ ὑπνώδη.
Infants who take much milk are, for the most part, somnolent.
§2929.
29.
Τὰ μὴ εὐτροφέα τῶν θηλαζόντων ἄτροφα καὶ δυσανάληπτα.
Infants who are not well-nourished are wasted and hard to recover.
§3030.
30.
Ἕλκεα ἐν θέρει γιγνόμενα ἐν παρισθμίοις, χείρονα τῶν ἐν τῇσιν ἄλλῃσιν ὥρῃσιν· τάχιον γὰρ νέμεται.
Ulcers on the tonsils occurring in summer are worse than those in other seasons; for they spread more rapidly.
§3131.
31.
Τὰ περὶ σταφυλὴν νεμόμενα ἕλκεα ἐν παρισθμίοισιν, σωζομένοισι τὴν φωνὴν ἀλλοιοῖ.
Ulcers on the tonsils spreading around the uvula change the voice of those who survive.
§3232.
32.
Τὰ περὶ φάρυγγα νεμόμενα ἕλκεα χαλεπώτερα καὶ ὀξύτερα, ὡς ἐπιπολὺ δύσπνοιαν ἐπιφέρει.
Ulcers spreading around the pharynx are more troublesome and acute, since for the most part they bring on difficulty of breathing.

Notes

  1. 1οὐκ ἀνάλογον τῆς σαρκώσεως — The neuter singular accusative ἀνάλογον functions adverbially. While it typically governs the dative, here it governs the genitive τῆς σαρκώσεως, representing an irregular genitive of comparison or relation.
  2. 4βοροῖσιν ἐοῦσι καὶ μὴ ἀνάλογον τρεφομένοισιν — These participles agree in gender, number, and case with the preceding dative relative pronoun ὁκόσοισιν, functioning here with a concessive force ('although they are greedy and are not nourished in proportion').
  3. 22καταπινομένων — The genitive plural of the middle-passive participle. It functions as a genitive absolute with an omitted subject (such as food or drink), expressing the condition 'if they are able to swallow'.
  4. 25ἀνακτέον — The impersonal neuter singular of the verbal adjective in -τέος, expressing obligation or necessity. In this context, it indicates a medical instruction that the phlegm 'must be brought up'.

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Hippocrates, On Dentition §1-32. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg041.humanitext-grc1:1-32

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