Hippocratic writings
Overview: This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb fractures, and the section called The Nature of Man describes the physiological theories of the time. The book ends with a discussion of embryology and a brief anatomical description of the heart.
- Request Code
- ZLIBIO2082725
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Format
- MOBI
- Edition
- [New] edition
- ISBN-10
- 0141914866