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The sick may offend in a slen∣der diet, for thereby it happeneth that they grow worse, for every error in this case is more danger∣ous, then in a somwhat fuller diet. For the same cause, a very slen∣der and too precise a diet, is some∣what dangerous to sound and healthful bodies, because they en∣dure
the errors thereof with more difficulty. Wherefore a thin and exact manner of diet, for the most part is more dangerous, then that which is a little more full and plentiful then should be.
He saith for the most part; for Hippocrates meaning is not that a slender diet is absolutely hurtful.