Note 601 — ON REGIMEN IN ACUTE DISEASES. (continued 2)

All the commentators admit that the last section is obscure. It would appear to me that Galen understands the expression τὸ ἀπὸ τῶν κοπρἰων as applying ἑδρικοῖς, that is to say, to affections of the anus. I have followed Littré in giving the passage a very different interpretation, but I am by no means sure that Galen may not be right.