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Ancient Greek medicine: acute diseases, epilepsy, medical education, and more.
Hippocrates, Volume II
Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Dentition
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336 pages
- Release Date
28 March 2024
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Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674997585 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674997581 |
| Author: | Hippocrates, Paul Potter |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 28 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 108mm x 162mm |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
108 × 162 mm
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Hippocrates
Paul Potter (1944–2025) was Chair of the Department of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.
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