Hippocratic Writings

Hippocrates

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Author
Hippocrates
Publish Date
03/01/1984
Book Type
paperback
Number of Pages
384
Publisher Name
PENGUIN
ISBN-10
0140444513
ISBN-13
9780140444513
citemno
160846
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
9780140444513

Description

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.

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