Hippocrates. Volume I /

"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 wi...

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Main Authors: Hippocrates. (Translator)
Group Author: Potter, Paul, 1944- (Editor)
Published: Harvard University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Publication Dates: 2022.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Ancient Greek
Series: Loeb classical library ; 147
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Summary: "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 ... Also included is the famous Hippocratic Oath."--
Item Description: "This Loeb edition replaces the original by W.H.S. Jones"--Jacket
Carrier Form: xcii, 348 pages ; 17 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxvii-xcii) and index.
ISBN: 9780674997479
0674997476
Index Number: R126
CLC: R-095.45
Call Number: R-095.45/H667/v.1
Contents: Series introduction -- General introduction -- Ancient medicine -- Airs, waters, places -- Epidemics I -- Epidemics III -- Oath -- Precepts -- Nutriment.