Introduction
Hp. Flat. 8-10. The papyrus consists of two fragments (5 x 8.5 cm; 4.5 x 8 cm) belonging to the same roll. On the verso, 35 lines of a single column interrupted by a central lacuna of ca. 2 lines. Top and bottom margins of ca. 1 cm and 1.2 cm, respectively, have survived. The scribe makes repeated use of on-line blank spaces to articulate individual sentences (see ll. 14, 23, 27). The papyrus preserves relevant portions of Hp. Flat. 8-10; its place in the history of the textual tradition of Flat. seems to be quite independent and cannot be related to either of the two branches of the medieval tradition. The text was copied in a severe style and dates back to the 3rd cent. AD. On the recto, scanty remains of two consecutive columns of another medical work drawn up in an informal round hand assignable to the late 2nd cent. AD.
DCLP transcription: 60188 [xml]
[στε]ν̣ῶ̣ν ὁ̣δῶ̣ν θερμὸν ἐ[ὸν οὐ δύ-]
[ναται] περαιοῦσθαι ῥηιδίως· [πολλὰ]
[γὰρ ἐμπ]οδ̣ὼν αὐτῶ̣ κωλύμ[ατα καὶ]
5[ἐμφ̣ράγ]ματα· διὸ δὴ καὶ οἱ σφ̣[υγμοὶ]
[γίνον]τ̣αι μάλιστα περὶ το[ὺς κρο-]
[τάφους ̣] ο̣ἱ̣ μὲν οὖν πυρετ[οὶ διὰ]
[ταῦτα] γί̣ν̣ονται καὶ τὰ μ[ετὰ τῶν]
[πυρετῶ]ν ἀλγήματα καὶ νοσ[ήματα·]
10[τῶν δὲ ἀ]λ̣λω̣ν ἀρ<ρ>ωστημάτων[ν ὁκό-]
[σοισι] μὲν εἰ̣λεοὶ ̣ [ ̣] ἐπαν[ειλήμα-]
[τα ἢ σ]τρόφοι ἢ ε̣τεραια α ̣
[ -ca.?- ](*) φυ̣[σ]έω[ν ἐ]στίν αἴ[τια, πᾶσι]
[ἡγεῦμαι] φ̣ανερὸν εἶναι· vac. ? [πάντων]
15[γὰρ τῶ]ν τοιουτέων ἡ ἰη̣[τρικὴ]
[τοῦ πνεύμ]α̣τος ἀναρύσαι· [τοῦτο]
[γὰρ ὅταν] προσπέσῃ πρὸ[ς τόπους]
[ἀπαθέας καὶ ἀ]ήθε[ας -ca.?- ]
[2 lines missing]
19[ -ca.?- ] ποτὲ δὲ πρὸ[ς τὰς λαπά-]
20[ρας, ποτὲ δ]ὲ πρὸς ἀμφό[τερα· διὸ]
[δὴ καὶ θ]ερμαίνοντε[ς ἔξωθεν]
[πυριήμ]α̣σι πειρῶν[ται](*)[μαλθάσ-]
[σειν τὸν] πόνον· vac. ? ἀραι[ούμενον]
[γὰρ ὑπὸ τ]ῆς θερμασίη[ς -ca.?- ]-
25[ -ca.?- διέρχ]ε̣ται(*) τὸ π̣ν̣ε̣[ῦμα](*)
[σώματος, ὥ]στε παῦλ[άν τινα γε-]
[νέσθαι τ]ῶ̣ν πόνων. vac. ? [ἴσως δ’ ἄν]
[τις εἴποι·] πῶς οὖν τὰ ῥεῦ̣μ[ατα γί-]
[νεται δι]ὰ τὰς φύς[ας; ἢ] τί[να τρό-]
30[πον τῶν αἱ]μορ<ρ>αγιῶν τ[ῶ]ν πε̣[ρὶ τὰ]
[στέρνα τοῦτ]ο αἴτιόν ἐστιν̣; [oἶ-]
[μαι δὲ κ]α̣ὶ ταῦτα δηλώσε[ιν διὰ]
[τοῦτο γ]ε̣νόμενα. ὅταν [ -ca.?- ]
Editorial History; All History; (detailed)
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Notes
- 11-2.
Unlike the verb ἐπανειλέω, ἐπαν[ειλήμα] is never attested.
- 12-3.
For ἐντεραῖα (or ἐντεριαῖα) ἀπ[οστηρίγματα], see also J. Jouanna, Hippocrate, 5.1, Paris, 1998, 143 and Lami 2008, 108.
- 19.
Above the omicron of πρός, a descending bar; possibly a rho: [π]ρ̣[ὸς τὰ ὑποχόνδρια] = Hp. Flat. 9.1 (6.104, 10-11L; 116, 4 Jouanna).
- 24.
For reasons of space, Daris 1972, 79 suggested πειρῶν (Μ, apud Jouanna) instead of πειρῶνται (πειρέονται A) contra Lami 2008, 109.
- 24-5.
[τοῦ χρωτὸς]: the supplement by Daris 1972, 78 was unmethodic and not persuasive, see Lami 2008, 108.