Letter 425
To the Same Person.
This sick man, he says, finds relief in honey. [...] more frequently, and let another be braced by the bitterness of wormwood, and let yet another partake of the unpleasantness of hellebore [a purgative drug used as a remedy], and let us treat each one differently, as is fitting in each case.
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Latin / Greek Original
Οὗτος, φησὶν, ὁ ἄρρωστος τῷ μέλιτι παρηγορεῖ.
σω πυκνότερον, καὶ ἄλλος τῇ πικρίᾳ τοῦ ἀψίνθου περαστυφούσθω, καὶ ἕτερος τῆς τοῦ ἐλλεβόρου ἀηδείας μετεχέτω, καὶ ἄλλον ἄλλως δεόντως μεθέλωμεν.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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