Hippocratic Writings

Informationen zum Autor Edited with an Introduction by G. E. R. Lloyd; Translated by J. Chadwick, W. N. Mann, E. T. Withington, and I. M. Lonie Klappentext This 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. Zusammenfassung This 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Hippocratic Writings - Edited with an Introduction by G. E. R. Lloyd Preface Introduction Medicine Translated 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

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• Authors: J. Chadwick, Hippocrates, Hippocrene Books, G. Lloyd, G. E. R. Lloyd, G.E.R. Lloyd, Thomas Da Lloyd, I. M. Lonie, I.M. Lonie, W. N. Mann, W.N. Mann, Various, E. T. Withington, E.T. Withington
• Assisted by: G E R Lloyd (Editor), G. Lloyd (Editor), G. E. R. Lloyd (Editor), Lloyd G. (Editor), J. Chadwick (Translation), Chadwick J. (Translation), I M Lonie (Translation), I.M. Lonie (Translation), Lonie I.M. (Translation), W N Mann (Translation), W.N. Mann (Translation), Mann W.N. (Translation), E T Withington (Translation), E.T. Withington (Translation), Withington E.T. (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.1983
• EAN: 9780140444513
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044451-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; MEDICAL / History, History of Medicine, Classical texts, Ancient, classical and medieval texts