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Summary:

"This is the first 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. Here, Paul Potter presents the Greek text with facing English translation of five treatises that showcase the range of Hippocratic theory, philosophy, and practice ... Also included is the famous Hippocratic Oath."-- [Dust jacket]

Table of Contents:

• Series introduction
• General introduction
• Ancient medicine
• Airs, waters, places
• Epidemics I
• Epidemics III
• Oath
• Precepts
• Nutriment.

Author/Creator:

Hippocrates , author

Contributors:

Potter, Paul, 1944- , editor, translator

Languages:

English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Language Notes:

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

Main Work:

Hippocrates [by Hippocrates] > Volume I

Included Works:

De prisca medicina [by Hippocrates] (English; (Potter))

De prisca medicina [by Hippocrates] (Greek; (Potter))

Airs, waters, and places [by Hippocrates] (English; (Potter))

Airs, waters, and places [by Hippocrates] (Greek; (Potter))

Epidemics [by Hippocrates] > Book 1 (English; (Potter))

Epidemics [by Hippocrates] > Book 1 (Greek; (Potter))

Epidemics [by Hippocrates] > Book 3 (English; (Potter))

Epidemics [by Hippocrates] > Book 3 (Greek; (Potter))

Hippocratic oath [by Hippocrates] (English; (Potter))

Hippocratic oath [by Hippocrates] (Greek; (Potter))

Precepts [by Hippocrates] (English; (Potter))

Precepts [by Hippocrates] (Greek; (Potter))

De alimento [by Hippocrates] (English; (Potter))

De alimento [by Hippocrates] (Greek; (Potter))

Related Series:

Works [of Hippocrates] (Complete); [volume] 1 (English; (Loeb classical library))

Works [of Hippocrates] (Complete); [volume] 1 (Greek; (Loeb classical library))

Loeb classical library; [volume] 147

Subjects:

Medicine, Greek and Roman

General Notes:

"This Loeb edition replaces the original by W.H.S. Jones"--Dust jacket
Includes bibliographical references (pages lxxxix-xcii) and index.

Physical Description:

xcii, 348 pages ; 17 cm.

Call Numbers:

R126.H59 P68 2022 v.1

ISBNs:

9780674997479 (hardcover)
0674997476 (hardcover)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021946098

OCLC Numbers:

1314339821