canonical-greekLit/data/tlg0719/tlg002/tlg0719.tlg002.perseus-grc2.xml
 γίγνεται δὲ θέρεος ὥρῃ· δεύτερον φθινοπώρου, ἧσσον ἦρος, ἥκιστα χειμῶνος. καὶ διάρροιαι μὲν, παιδίοισι καὶ μειρακίοισι· δυσεντερίη δὲ ἀκμάζουσι καὶ νέοισι· γῆρας δὲ δυσαλθὲς καὶ ἐς ὠτειλήν χρόνιον · τὰ δὲ ἀνεσθιόμενα γέρουσι ἀήθεα· ἀτὰρ καὶ αἱμορραγίη ξύμφωνος γήρᾳ.The common reading is ambiguous. Ermerins reads ἀξύμφωνος. Perhaps our author refers to the bloody discharges from piles, which are not uncommon in old age.