Hippocrates, Volume II: Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law....

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Hippocrates Paul Potter

Hippocrates, Volume II

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

Hippocrates, Paul Potter

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
28 March 2024

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

Series: Loeb Classical Library

This is the second 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. It contains eight treatises respectively treating the prediction of acute diseases; the proper diet against them; the natural causes of epilepsy; medicine's status as an art; the role of air in health; the ideal medical education; the components of medical wisdom; and the nursing of infants.

This Loeb edition replaces the original by W. H. S. Jones.

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. Humours. 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 Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780674997585
ISBN 10: 0674997581
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 28 March 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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