For if it be granted that there is any attractive faculty at all in
those things which are governed by Nature,[141] a person who attempted
to say anything else about the absorption of nutriment[142] would be
considered a fool.
XV
Epei d' hikanôs êdoleschêsamen ouch hekontes, all', hôs
hê paroimia phêsi, mainomenois anankasthentes
sym||manênai, palin epi tên tôn ourôn epanelthômen 57
diakrisin, en hê tôn men Asklêpiadou lêrôn
epilathômetha, meta de tôn pepeismenôn diêtheisthai ta
oura dia tôn nephrôn, tis ho tropos tês energeias estin,
episkepsômetha; pantôs gar ê ex hautôn epi tous nephrous
pheretai ta oura touto beltion einai nomizonta, kathaper
hêmeis, hopotan eis tên agoran apiômen; ê, ei tout'
adynaton, heteron ti chrê tês phoras autôn exeurein
aition. ti dê tout' estin? ei gar mê tois nephrois
dôsomen tina dynamin helktikên tês toiautês poiotêtos,
hôs Hippokratês enomizen, ouden heteron exeurêsomen.
hoti men gar êtoi toutous helkein auto prosêken ê tas
phlebas pempein, eiper ge mê ex heautou pheretai, panti
pou dêlon. all' ei men hai phlebes peristellomenai
proôthoien, ouk ekeino monon, alla syn autô kai to pan
haima to periechomenon en heautais eis tous nephrous
ekthlipsousin; ei de tout' adynaton, hôs deixomen,
leipetai tous nephrous helkein.
Pôs oun adynaton touto? tôn nephrôn hê thesis
antibainei. ou gar dê houtô g' hypokeintai tê koilê
phlebi || kathaper tois ex enkephalou perittômasin en te 58
tê rhini kai kata tên hyperôan hoi tois êthmois homoioi
poroi, all' hekaterôthen autê parakeintai. kai mên,
eiper homoiôs tois êthmois hoson an ê leptoteron kai
teleôs orrhôdes, touto men hetoimôs diapempousi, to de
pachyteron apostegousin, hapan ep' autous ienai chrê to
haima to periechomenon en tê koilê phlebi, kathaper eis
tous trygêtous ho pas oinos emballetai. kai men ge kai
to tou galaktos tou tyroumenou paradeigma saphôs an, ho
boulomai legein, endeixaito. kai gar kai touto pan
emblêthen eis tous talarous ou pan diêtheitai, all'
hoson men an ê leptoteron tês eurytêtos tôn plokamôn,
eis to katantes pheretai kai touto men orrhos
eponomazetai; to loipon de to pachy to mellon esesthai
tyros, hôs an ou paradechomenôn auto tôn en tois
talarois porôn, ou diekpiptei katô. kai toinyn, eiper
houtô mellei diêtheisthai tôn nephrôn ho tou haimatos
orrhos, hapan ep' autous hêkein chrê to haima kai mê to
men nai, to d' ou. || 59
Pôs oun echei to phainomenon ek tês anatomês?
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