BOOK 1.

Ed. Chart. VII. [379 380.]                                          Ed. Bas. III. (249.)

If food should come out for some patients, it will show that the stomach original: "γαστέρα" / "ventriculum" has been wounded. Furthermore, in the case of a person who developed a tumor above the groin, a physician made an incision to drain the pus. However, feces original: "κόπρος" / "stercus" followed the cut, and it became clearly apparent that an abscess original: "ἀπόστημα" / "abscessus" had formed in the colon original: "κώλῳ" / "colo".

Of the same kind as these examples are the air blown out when the chest is wounded, and the blood poured out from an artery. Thus, even when the wounded part of the body is often hidden from our senses, an accurate diagnosis is obtained from these signs. For the air blown out from the chest during breathing signifies that the pleura The membrane lining the ribs. Original: "ὑπεζωκότα" / "succingentem." has been wounded. Blood that is ejected in a pulsating manner original: "σφυγμωδῶς" / "saliendo" indicates an injured artery. This blood is immediately warmer, thinner, and more yellowish original: "ξανθότερον" / "flavus"; Galen uses this to describe the bright, oxygenated color of arterial blood compared to the darker blood in the veins. than the blood found in the veins.

Just as these signs provide a clear diagnosis, in the same way, if the omentum A fold of fatty tissue that hangs over the intestines. Original: "ἐπίπλους" / "omentum." or any part of the intestines is ever seen protruding through a wound, [380] it is certain that the peritoneum The lining of the abdominal cavity. Original: "περιτόναιον" / "peritonaeum." has been divided. If, however, some tip of a lung lobe is seen protruding outside the wound, it indicates that the chest has been pierced through. It makes no difference whether...