Note 695 — BOOK III.—OF THE EPIDEMICS.

In Galen’s Commentary on this case there is not much of any great interest to the professional reader of the present day. He animadverts again on the omission of all mention of the treatment, although, as he states, venesection and the other usual means had no doubt been tried; indeed the report implies as much. Hippocrates, he repeats, never thinks of mentioning the usual routine of practice, as he takes it for granted that the reader will understand that it was not neglected. It is only on special occasions, then, that he thinks of making any particular reference to the treatment. Galen remarks, that ileus being an inflammation of the upper intestines, is a particularly dangerous affection.