The Complete Works of Claudius Galen, Vol. 17 Pt. 1

AND GALEN’S COMMENTARY ON IT, BOOK 1. 5

Charterius Edition, Volume 9. [Pages 2, 3.] Basel Edition, Volume 5. (Pages 344, 345.)

Why is it that in every season original Greek: "ὥραν" (horan); Latin: "tempestate" not everyone is seized by one and the same disease? It is because people differ significantly in their innate natures, their ages, and their lifestyles. The terms "διαιτήμασι" and "vivendi formas" refer to "regimen," which includes diet, exercise, and daily habits. Therefore, one person will easily succumb to the harmful quality of the current seasonal conditions. Another will struggle greatly against it. A third will not be harmed at all. Finally, another will be overtaken by disease because of a poor lifestyle even before they feel the harm caused by the season.

Just as a person affected by the environment would catch a disease that corresponds to the environment's mixture, original: "κράσει" (krasei) or "temperamento," referring to the balance of hot, cold, wet, and dry qualities. so too will they fall ill based on the specific errors committed in their lifestyle. Anyone who knows these things will not only predict the diseases that arise in every state of the weather. They will also prevent those diseases from forming. They do this by skillfully designing a lifestyle that is the opposite of the immoderate conditions of the surrounding air.

It is clear that health is a good balance original: "εὐκρασία" (eukrasia), a state where bodily humors or qualities are perfectly proportioned. of the primary elements. Health will be destroyed by an improper balance original: "δυσκρασία" (dyskrasia) in the environment. However, it will be preserved by a lifestyle that is... The sentence ends abruptly as the page concludes.