Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. the Oath. Precepts. Nutriment by Hippocrates

Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. the Oath. Precepts. Nutriment

This is the first volume in the Loeb Classical Library's complete edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts, which...
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Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. the Oath. Precepts. Nutriment by Hippocrates

Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. the Oath. Precepts. Nutriment

$565.60

Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. the Oath. Precepts. Nutriment

$565.60
Author: Hippocrates
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This is the first volume in the Loeb Classical Library's complete edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts, which provide essential information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body. Here, Paul Potter presents the Greek text with facing English translation of five treatises that showcase the range of Hippocratic theory, philosophy, and practice: Ancient Medicine; Airs, Waters, Places; Epidemics 1 and 3; Precepts; and Nutriment. Also included is the famous Hippocratic Oath.

This Loeb edition replaces the original by W. H. S. Jones.

The works available in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Hippocrates are:

Volume I: Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. The Oath. Precepts. Nutriment.
Volume II: Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Physician (Ch. 1). Dentition.
Volume III: On Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. On Fractures. On Joints. Mochlicon.
Volume IV: Nature of Man. Regimen in Health. Humours. Aphorisms. Regimen 1-3. Dreams.
Volume V: Affections. Diseases 1-2.
Volume VI: Diseases 3. Internal Affections. Regimen in Acute Diseases.
Volume VII: Epidemics 2 and 4-7.
Volume VIII: Places in Man. Glands. Fleshes. Prorrhetic 1-2. Physician. Use of Liquids. Ulcers. Haemorrhoids and Fistulas.
Volume IX: Anatomy. Nature of Bones. Heart. Eight Months' Child. Coan Prenotions. Crises. Critical Days. Superfetation. Girls. Excision of the Fetus. Sight.
Volume X: Generation. Nature of the Child. Diseases 4. Nature of Women. Barrenness.
Volume XI: Diseases of Women 1-2.

Author: Hippocrates
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 07/12/2022
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 6.46h x 4.25w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780674997479

About the Author
Potter, Paul: - Paul Potter is Chair of the Department of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.

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