Problemata (Problems)

...of mixture synkrisis: the blending or composition of bodily elements and humors. And if this [motion] is moderate of the and by the evidence derived from it after a moderate mixture synkrisin, it happens that a benefit ōpheleian follows; but if it should be intense and excessive? original: "ἐξαλλαττόμενος" (exallattomenos) — meaning to be changed, divergent, or deviating from the natural state because the motion becomes more violent, then harm follows for the sake of... just as feverish fire pyretos: a fever or burning heat is, which is also desiccating anaxērantikos: having a drying or parching effect.

And that it is indeed drying, one might observe from the thirst that accompanies those suffering from fever; and that it is also excavating original: "ἐναποσκαπτικός" (enaposkaptikos) — a technical medical term suggesting the hollowing out, erosion, or "digging out" of bodily tissue by harsh humors, is clear from the way certain parts are consumed? when this excessively persists?.

And when a benefit arises from the drying effect occurring, it is because the retained? flow original: "ῥεῦμα" (rheuma) — a discharge or "rheum" of bodily fluids is dried up; but when harm results, it happens because this "excavating" force is present. Through this, the most solid parts of the body are softened, and others? themselves happen to receive the atomic corruption?; and this occurs in the "excavating" mixture. Thus, the inflammation pyrōsin: a burning heat or state of being on fire arises from the conjunction symplēxeōs: the striking together, collision, or weaving of forces.

Why, in the hot air?...