Gassy After Sex and Consuming Souls

Two notes from Hippocrates’ Epidemics  6.294 “There are those who get gassy when they have sex, like Damnagoras did. And others fart during sex.” Ἔστιν οἷσιν ὅταν ἀφροδισιάζωσι φυσᾶται ἡ γαστήρ, ὡς Δαμναγόρᾳ, οἷσι δ᾿ ἐν τούτῳ ψόφος. 6.317 “A person’s soul keeps growing until death. When the soul grows feverish because of a sickness, it … Continue reading Gassy After Sex and Consuming Souls