Hippocratic Writings

By Hippocrates, G. Lloyd, E.T. Withington, I.M. Lonie, J. Chadwick & W.N. Mann

Release : 2005-05-26

Genre : Medical, Books, Professional & Technical, Fiction & Literature, Essays, Nonfiction

Kind : ebook

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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.

Hippocratic Writings

By Hippocrates, G. Lloyd, E.T. Withington, I.M. Lonie, J. Chadwick & W.N. Mann

Release : 2005-05-26

Genre : Medical, Books, Professional & Technical, Fiction & Literature, Essays, Nonfiction

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
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.

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