[92] The vasa deferentia.
[93] “De l’habileté et de la prévoyance de la nature à l’égard des animaux” (Daremberg). cf. p. 56, [note 1].
[95] The morbid material passed successively through the stages of “crudity,” “coction” (pepsis), and “elimination” (crisis). For “critical days” cf. p. 74, [note 1].
[96] This was the process by which nutriment was taken up from the alimentary canal; “absorption,” “dispersal;” cf. p. 13, [note 5]. The subject is dealt with more fully in [chap. xvi].
[97] Lit. catharsis.
[98] i.e. urine.
[99] On use of κενόω v. p. 67, [note 9].
[100] i.e. bile and phlegm had no existence as such before the drugs were given; they are the products of dissolved tissue. Asclepiades did not believe that diseases were due to a materia peccans, but to disturbances in the movements of the molecules (ὄγκοι) which constitute the body; thus, in opposition to the humoralists such as Galen, he had no use for drugs. cf. p. 49, [note 5].
[101] About 4 oz., or one-third of a pint.