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§ XII.] THE MEDICAL LANGUAGE OF ST. LUXE. 13<br />

that of St, Luke here, for 7rov»}poc indicates the active principle<br />

of evil (see Trench, Synonyim of the Nciv Testament),<br />

and it is applied in the medical writers to what spreads destruction<br />

or corruption, e. g. the poison of serpents. Galen<br />

speaking of the best season to take the viper (txtSva) for an<br />

ingredient of the antidote (^jjoiok//), says, Thoriac. ad Pison.<br />

13 (xiv. 264) : aWa fiaXiaTa irspi tijv dpxv^ tov iapog clrav rrjg<br />

fxsv ^(oXeiag Travovrat— Koi ovKtd^ ovTojg e)(ov(Tt Trovrjpbv tov lov.<br />

evdov yap (fxvXivovTa, kol kutu fxridlv ^Lacfjopoviniva Trovriporipav<br />

avvayei koI rrjv ev avroTg (j)dopoTroiov dvvafxiv. Gralen. Theriac.<br />

ad Pison. 8 (xiv. 234) : 6 Be Spvivog o^ig ovrivg wovripog<br />

Ian TTpog to Sta^OtTpai (cokwc- Gralen. Theriac. ad Pison. 5<br />

(xiv. 230) : tiov irovripiiiv 6r)pL(i)v to. ^{ijfxara. Gralen. Theriac.<br />

ad Pison. 18 (xiv. 289) : to. dt]pia djv ptv vTrspTiTcifxivr^v<br />

Kai TTOvrtpav To'ig aiof^iaai dvvap.iv dia Trig Kav

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