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δ᾽ ἐκ
πάθους ἀνημέρου καὶ θηριώδους γεγένηται, τῆς κακοηθείας.
οὕτω δ᾽ ἑκάστῳ λυπηρόν ἐστιν ἡ τῶν περὶ
αὐτὸν κακῶν ἀνακάλυψις, ὥστε πολλοὺς ἀποθανεῖν ἂν πρότερον ἢ δεῖξαί
τι τῶν ἀπορρήτων νοσημάτων ἰατροῖς. φέρε γὰρ Ἡρόφιλον ἢ Ἐρασίστρατον
ἢ τὸν Ἀσκληπιὸν αὐτόν, ὅτ᾽ ἦν ἄνθρωπος, ἔχοντα τὰ φάρμακα καὶ τὰ
ὄργανα, κατ᾽ οἰκίαν παριστάμενον ἀνακρίνειν,
μή τις ἔχει; σύριγγα περὶ δακτύλιον ἢ γυνὴ καρκίνον ἐν ὑστέρᾳ: καίτοι
σωτήριόν ἐστι τῆς τέχνης ταύτης τὸ πολύπραγμον ἀλλὰ πᾶς ἄν τις, οἶμαι,
[p. 343] τὸν τοιοῦτον ἀπήλασεν, ὅτι τὴν χρείαν οὐ περιμένων
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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