Problemata (Problems)

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...and produce compressions thlipsima: pressure or squeezing forces exerted on the brain tissue. As a result, all subsequent complications follow, occurring even before the incision of the meninx meninx: the protective membrane surrounding the brain has passed through. Regarding the fleshing over of the channels, nature would not allow the tissue to become hard.

All of this has been observed: that wounds occurring around the head are of such a nature that a choice of treatment must be made. Alternatively, among cranial wounds, those around the crown original: "κορυφὴν" (koryphēn); the highest point of the skull are cleaner. When they reach the stage of scarring apoulōsis: the process of a wound closing and forming a scar, they are more responsive to treatment through these parts than those located around the occiput inion: the back of the head or the nape.

In this way, wounds around the bregma bregma: the top/front of the skull where the sutures meet are more critical than those in the parts around the occiput. I am referring either to injuries in the underlying meninx or those occurring against it, where one sees that the area is in danger. Furthermore, when wounds at the bregma reach the stage of scarring, it is due to a more intense cooperation synergasia: the functional working together of the body’s vital forces or "pneuma" to heal a specific part of the vital parts.

Those wounds around the occiput are indeed less dangerous, because of the empty space lying beneath the membranes. However, the afflictions kakōseis: injuries, damage, or morbid conditions there are more difficult to resolve because they do not benefit from such cooperation. Nevertheless, a convergence of beneficial factors can indeed occur in these parts.