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§ XXI.] THE MEDICAL LAXGFAGE OF ST. LUKE. 27<br />

care of him (tinfieXiiOr] avrov). And on tlie morrow when ho<br />

departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host,<br />

and said unto him. Take care of him ('ETrtjUcXj'/^rjri avrov) ;<br />

and whatsoever thou spendest more, ivhen I come again [kv n^<br />

lTravtpxi(TOai /iu), I will repay thee.<br />

This parable is peculiar to St. Luke, and from the incidents<br />

described in it was one most likely to be recorded by<br />

him :<br />

he may himself have attended in his professional practice<br />

on travellers in a similar case, for we find from a passage<br />

in Galen that it was not unusual for persons when seized with<br />

illness on a journey to take refuge in inns.<br />

Galen, too, uses the<br />

word "half dead" {*r}f.u6avm, peculiar to St. Luke) in describing<br />

their case. Galen. De Morb. Different. 5 (vi. 850) : o'la toIq<br />

6donrop{](Ta(nv iv Kpvu Kaprept^ jiveTai,<br />

ttoXXol yap tovtwv ol<br />

piv iv avToiQ Toig 6^o7g airiBavoVi ol Sf nq Travdo)(^uov, npXv<br />

rj o'/icaSe irapajivsaOai (pOaaavng rjpiBvriTig n. koi KUTtipvyptvoi<br />

(paii/ovTai. Galen. De Rigore, &c., 5 (vii, 602) : u)g oaoi ys.<br />

X^£ipu)Vog bdoiTTopovvTsg, ura iv Kpvu KapreptS KaraXrj^Stvrfc*<br />

ripiOvriTeg re koi Tpopu)Bsig oiKcids rrapsyivovTO.<br />

* KaraSistv, peculiar to St. Luke, is used in medical language<br />

of binding up wounds, ulcers, &c. Hipp. Morb.<br />

467 : £7rt rw f'AicEt elpiov nivoev iTriTedelg KaradricTai kol<br />

jUTj Xvcrat o.\pig Ittto. i}p£phjv. Hipp. Morb. 469 : o-^^io-at<br />

avTOv TO ftpiypa koi linjv anoppvy to aipa avvOdg to. xeiXea<br />

Inaai KoX fcaraSjlcrai. Hipp. Aphoron. 678 : ETTEtra odoviov<br />

avodpov TTtpiQiiaa KaTadTicrat. Hipp. Fract. 750 : ttiv plv ovv<br />

Xiipa, l^OKii Tig KdTEriam KaTa7rpr]vta iroiijaag. Hipp. Artic.<br />

829 : epta pvirepa iv oivii) koi IXaitf) Karappaivovra xXoepoTai<br />

(ivwOiv iTTiTtyyeiv, Karaduv Bi, &C. Hipp. TJlcer. 881 : rrj^ag<br />

avTo avwdsv cia T})g aKiXXrig tjjv p'iZ,av diaipiov koi TrpoaTiBiig<br />

Karadeiv. Hipp. Ulcer. 881 : apov (fyvXXa Iv oivoj kol eXai(^<br />

l^i'iaag TcpoaTiBug Karaduv. Hipp. Intern. Affect. 545 : iha<br />

Karadiiaai oKwg prj ticTrto-rj 6 poTog. Galen. Meth. Med. V. 4<br />

(x. 320) : T(^ '^Xk£l iravTl ttXhcttov eTTiTiOiadijj, KaradHctOu) S'<br />

i^u)6iv l^ oBovrig Iv vTTodicrpidi. Galen. Antid. ii. 14 (xiv.<br />

189) : ravra, iiriTiBeL lirl to STfypa, raividit^ KaTadi]aag-

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