Overview

This is the ninth volume in the Loeb Classical Library's ongoing 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 eleven treatises, four previously unavailable in English, that illuminate Hippocratic medicine in such areas as anatomy, physiology, prognosis and clinical signs, obstetrics, and ophthalmology.

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Author:   Hippocrates ,  Paul Potter
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   Harvard University Press
Volume:   No. 509
Dimensions:   Width: 10.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 16.20cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780674996403

ISBN 10:   0674996402
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   31 May 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Language:   English

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Paul Potter is Chair of the Department of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.

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