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

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

Hardcover

Series: Loeb Classical Library

Medical ReferenceLiterary CriticismAncient Greece

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ISBN10: 0674997476
ISBN13: 9780674997479
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: Jul 12 2022
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.02 Width: 4.25 Depth: 6.46
Language: English

The definitive English edition of the Father of Medicine.

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.

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