Hippocrates, Volume I: Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. the Oath. Precepts. Nutriment

by Hippocrates

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

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674997476
• ISBN13: 9780674997479
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.5"