Letter 690
Nilus of Ancyra→Maurianus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same Person.
A physician, even when he chastises, inflicting pains upon the patient, and even when he warms and soothes him, and even when he gives him rest, does all things with solicitous care and according to his science.
Ἰατρὸς κἂν κολάζῃ, ὀδύνας προσάγων κάμνοντι, κἂν θάλπῃ, κἂν ἀναπαύῃ, κηδεμονικῶς πάντα κατ᾽ ἐπιστήμην ποιεῖ.
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To the Same Person.
A physician, even when he chastises, inflicting pains upon the patient, and even when he warms and soothes him, and even when he gives him rest, does all things with solicitous care and according to his science.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Ἰατρὸς κἂν κολάζῃ, ὀδύνας προσάγων κάμνοντι, κἂν θάλπῃ, κἂν ἀναπαύῃ, κηδεμονικῶς πάντα κατ᾽ ἐπιστήμην ποιεῖ.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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