Hippocrates, Volume III: Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. Fractures. Joints. Instruments of Reduction...

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Hippocrates Paul Potter

Hippocrates, Volume III

Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. Fractures. Joints. Instruments of Reduction

Hippocrates, Paul Potter

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Harvard University Press
07 October 2025

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; History of medicine; Otorhinolaryngology (ENT); History of science

Series: Loeb Classical Library

The definitive English edition of the ""Father of Medicine.""

This is the third 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. The five treatises in this volume, integral parts of the Hippocratic collection, are devoted to the art of surgery in treating injuries or disorders of the bones and their articulations. Wounds in the Head includes an anatomical introduction and many methods useful in diagnosis, prognosis, and management; In the Surgery surveys the surgeon's office, staff, equipment, and general practice; Fractures and Joints deliver technical information with rhetorical flair; and Instruments of Reduction (Mochlicon) is a head-to-toe account of human bones, their injuries, and applicable treatments.

This Loeb edition replaces the original by E. T. Withington.

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.

Volume II: Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Dentition.

Volume III: On Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. On Fractures. On Joints. Mochlicon.

Volume IV: Nature of Man. Regimen in Health. Humors. Aphorisms. Regimen 1-3. Dreams.

Volume V: Affections. Diseases 1-2.

Volume VI: Diseases 3. Internal Affections. Regimen in Acute Diseases.

Volume VII: Epidemics 2 and 4-7.

Volume VIII: Places in Man. Glands. Fleshes. Prorrhetic 1-2. Physician. Use of Liquids. Ulcers. Haemorrhoids and Fistulas.

Volume IX: Anatomy. Nature of Bones. Heart. Eight Months' Child. Coan Prenotions. Crises. Critical Days. Superfetation. Girls. Excision of the Fetus. Sight.

Volume X: Generation. Nature of the Child. Diseases 4. Nature of Women. Barrenness.

Volume XI: Diseases of Women 1-2.

By: Hippocrates
Edited and translated by: Paul Potter
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm,
ISBN: 9780674997684
ISBN 10: 0674997689
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Potter is Chair of the Department of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.