Hippocrates. Volume 1 / edited and translated by Paul Potter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hippocrates, author.

Contributor:

Potter, Paul, 1944- editor, translator.

Series:

Hippocrates. English (Loeb classical library) ; Works. 1.

Hippocrates. Greek (Loeb classical library) ; Works. 1.

Hippocrates ; I

Loeb classical library ; LCL 147

Loeb classical library ; 147.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Greek and Roman.

Genre:

Greek prose literature.

Greek prose literature -- Translations into English.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xcii, 348 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.

Summary:

"The Hippocratic Collection (Corpus Hippocraticum) consists of between sixty and seventy medical writings in the Ionic Greek dialect dating for the most part from a hundred year period around 400 BC. The works included in volume 1 are Ancient Medicine, Airs Waters Places, Epidemics I, Epidemics III, Oath, Precepts, and Nutriment. These works greatly in their form and content. Ancient Medicine and Airs Waters Places are essays formulated in elegant expository prose, in which their authors treat central questions of medical method. Epidemics I and III are primary witnesses to Hippocratic observation and experience. The Hippocratic Oath is, or pretends to be, a historical document, although its lack of historical context often leaves its interpreter at a loss. Unquestionably, however, its identification of many of the perennial ethical problems attached to medical practice, and its high moral ideal justify the reverence it has received for two millennia. Precepts is interesting for its author's thoughts on medical ethics, etiquette, and professionalism, in spite of the fact that the text often lacks logical coherence, and its language on several occasions defies comprehension. Nutriment, which is also often difficult to understand-although in this case the mystery may be partly the result of an intentional imitation of the language of the early Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus-contains many speculative explanations how the three basic forms of nutriment (food, drink, and breath) interact with the body"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Ancient medicine

Airs waters places

Epidemics I

Epidemics III

The oath

Precepts

Nutriment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxxix-xcii) and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Harvard University Press, viewed June 10, 2022).

Contains:

Container of: Hippocrates. De prisca medicina. English (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. De prisca medicina. Greek (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Airs, waters, and places. English (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Airs, waters, and places. Greek (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Epidemics. Book 1. English (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Epidemics. Book 1. Greek (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Epidemics. Book 3. English (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Epidemics. Book 3. Greek (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Hippocratic oath. English (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Hippocratic oath. Greek (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Precepts. English (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. Precepts. Greek (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. De alimento. English (Potter)

Container of: Hippocrates. De alimento. Greek (Potter)

Other Format:

Print version: Hippocrates, Hippocrates. Volume 1