Publication

2018-11-08 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

115,500 words, Guess

Page Count

462 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101107695848
  • ISBN-139781107695849
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018018142
  • OCLC Control Number1023527303
  • Better World Books9781107695849
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCR126.H8 C36 2018

Description

"Hippocrates is a towering figure in Greek medicine. Dubbed the 'father of medicine', he has inspired generations of physicians over millennia in both the East and West. Despite this, little is known about him, and scholars have long debated his relationship to the works attributed to him in the so-called 'Hippocratic Corpus', although it is undisputed that many of the works within it represent milestones in the development of Western medicine. In this Cambridge Companion, an international team of authors introduces major themes in Hippocratic studies, ranging from textual criticism and the 'Hippocratic Question' to problems such as aetiology, physiology and nosology. Emphasis is given to the afterlife of Hippocrates from Late Antiquity to the Modern period. Hippocrates had as much relevance in the fifth-century BC Greek world as in the medieval Islamic world, and he remains with us today in both medical and non-medical contexts"--

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Other Editions

  • The Cambridge Companion to HippocratesPaperbackCambridge University Press2018-11-08

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