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

Name: Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. the Oath. Precepts. Nutriment
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ISBN: 9780674991620

ISBN-10: 0674991621

ISBN-13: 9780674991620

Edition: 1923

Authors: Hippocrates, W. H. S. Jones

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Hippocrates, said to have been born in Cos in or before 460 BC, learned medicine and philosophy; travelled widely as a medical doctor and teacher; was consulted by King Perdiccas of Macedon and Artaxerxes of Persia; and died perhaps at Larissa. Apparently he rejected superstition in favour of inductive reasoning and the study of real medicine as subject to natural laws, in general and in individual people as patients for treatment by medicines and surgery. Of the roughly 70 works in the 'Hippocratic Collection' many are not by Hippocrates; even the famous oath may not be his. But he was undeniably the 'Father of Medicine'. The works available in the Loeb Classical Library edition of…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1923
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1923
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 4.50" wide x 6.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Preface


General


Introduction


Ancient Medicine Airs, Waters, Places Epidemics I and III The Oath Precepts Nutriment