Description
Book SynopsisThis work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb fractures, and the section called The Nature of Man describes the physiological theories of the time. The book ends with a discussion of embryology and a brief anatomical description of the heart.
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Table of ContentsHippocratic Writings - Edited with an Introduction by G. E. R. Lloyd Preface
Introduction
MedicineTranslated by J. Chadwick and W. N. Mann
Translators' Introduction
The Oath
The Canon
Tradition in Medicine
Epidemics, Book I
Epidemics, Book III
The Science of Medicine
Airs, Waters, Places
Prognosis
Regimen in Acute Diseases
Aphorisms
The Sacred Disease
Dreams (Regimen IV)
The Nature of Man
A Regimen for Health
Surgery
Translated by E. T. Withington
Fractures
Embryology and Anatomy
Translated by I. M. Lonie
The Seed and The Nature of the Child
The Heart
Notes on the Translation of Some Hippocratic Terms
Bibliography
Glossary of Names
Indices
