Note 700 — BOOK III.—OF THE EPIDEMICS.
Francis Adams translation
Galen remarks, that in the First Book of the Epidemics three constitutions of the year are described and also that others are described in the Second Book; but that these are not carefully drawn out for publication like those of the First and Third. He further remarks on this head, that the constitution of the season might prepare us for the putrid diseases, which are described below, as heat is the active, and humidity the material, cause of all putrefaction.