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Hippocrates, Volume II

Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Dentition
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Hippocrates, Volume II is the second installment in the Loeb Classical Library's authoritative collection of Hippocrates' works. It covers essential ancient medical treatises addressing the prediction and diet of acute diseases, the natural basis of epilepsy, medicine as an art, and the significance of air in health. This volume also discusses ideal medical education, the components of medical wisdom, and infant nursing, offering crucial insights into Greek medical theory and practice.
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This volume is ideal for scholars of classical medicine, historians of ancient science, medical students interested in the roots of their profession, and anyone fascinated by Greek medical philosophy and Hippocratic teachings.

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Volume II of the Loeb Hippocrates presents eight works by or attributed to the β€œFather of Medicine” that illustrate the value of medical theory and clinical methods, and propose a new model of medical education. Included are Prognostic, Regimen in Acute Diseases, The Sacred Disease, The Art, Breaths, Law, Decorum, and Dentition.

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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.

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674997585

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 December 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Contributors:

  • Edited and translated by Paul Potter
  • Edited and translated by Paul Potter
  • Edited and translated by Paul Potter

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 108.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 336

About the Author

Paul Potter (1944–2025) was Chair of the Department of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.

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