Note 810 — ON INJURIES OF THE HEAD.
Francis Adams translation
The reader will again remark an instance of our author’s fondness for prognosis, and his observance of the rule at all times to prevent the surgeon from committing himself by attempting hopeless cases. Celsus, writing in the same spirit, says, “Ante omnia scire medicum oportere, quæ vulnera insanabilia sint, quæ difficilem curationem habeant; ... non attingere, nec subire speciem ejus, ut occisi, quem sors ipsius intermit.” (v., 26.)