Note that there is no doubt that every dropsy produced by cold can be cured, whereas Serapion659 says no man may be cured of a hot dropsy. I say, this is true as regards its own nature, but it may be cured by skill; or else I say thus: that hot dropsy is not cured but with difficulty and great labour, the force of the patient being strong, and he having a good strong complexion. Or else I put it this way: dropsy can be cured at its inception, and when on the increase, but this is not possible660 later than the static period. This doctor661 says, he has