Apo kōpēs eis to bēma

those standing by; if they deny these, the error will be internal.

XXXVIII.
Whether the vice is from the whole or from a part is perceived from the affection of some certain part, such as phthisis tuberculosis/wasting disease of the lungs. The whole, however, is affected by an intemperance that is either febrile or non-febrile, etc.

XXXIX.
We are taught that the matter is faulty in quality, not in quantity, if the aforementioned signs are absent, and if signs of a colder stomach or liver are present, and external causes have preceded.

XL.
It is conjectured that the veins of the uterus are at fault if the antecedent causes are external; if not, the veins which pertain to the uterus are at fault, just as in fevers not only these but also other veins of the body suffer from obstruction: thus also in the case of a thick diet.

XLI.
We understand that the veins have grown together if an ulcer has preceded; that they are compressed if a tumor is present; that they have subsided if the use of refrigerants and thickening agents has preceded. If none of these are present, the cause of the restriction will be obstruction.

XLII.
Signs of blood that is copious, thick, and viscous are easily detected from the antecedents and the consequences.

XLIII.
If a woman, who is neither pregnant nor has given birth, has milk, her menses have failed her. Hippocrates, lib. 5, aphorism 39.

XLIIII.
With no milk appearing in the breasts, as Galen says in lib. 6, de loc. aff. original: "De Locis Affectis"