Book 2
2
ἢν δὲ ἐπὶ μᾶλλον αὔξηται, θέρμανσις μικρὴ μὲν, δακνώδης δὲ, ἐνίζουσα τοῖσι σπλάγχνοισι· ἐπιγάστριον Ῥυσσοὶ, ἐπίφλεβοι, ἰσχνοὶ δὲ τὴν ὅλην ἕξιν, εὖτε καὶ ἡ οὔρησις καὶ τὸ δίψος ἐπαυξέα γίγνεται ἤδη κοτέ· κἢν ἐς ἄκρον τὸν καυλὸν ἡ συναίσθησις φανῇ, εὐθὺς οὐρέους ι. τῇδέ μοι δοκέει καλέεσθαι διαβήτης ἐπίκλησιν, ὁκοῖόντι διαβήτης ἐὼν, οὕνεκεν ἐν τῷ σκήνεϊ τὸ ὑγρὸν οὐ μίμνει, ἀλλὰ ὅκως διαβάθρσῃ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐς ἔξοδον χρέεται.The common reading is διαβητήσεων, which is evidently faulty. Even as corrected by Wigan and Ermerins, the sentence is still in an unsatisfactory state. See note to the translation. διαρκέουσι δὲ ἐς χρόνον τινὰ, εἰ καὶ μὴ κάρτα πολλὸν, ὅτι πινεῦντς οὐρέουσι,Dr. Ermerins improves the sense very much by substituting πινεῦντες for πονέοντες. It is well known that intense thirst and wasting are the characteristics of Diabetes. τηκεδὼν δὲ γίγνεται δεινή· οὔτε γάρ τι ἐκ τῆς πόσιος μέγα ἐς τὸ σκῆνος ἔρχεται, καὶ ξυναπέρχεται τῶν σαρκῶν ἐς τὰ οὖρα μυρία.
