Volume 2

Hippocrates upon Air, water, and situation; upon Epidemical diseases; and upon Prognosticks, in acute cases especially. To this is added (by way of comparison) Thucydidesʼs Account of the plague of Athens / The whole translated, methodisʼd, and illustrated with useful and explanatory notes by Francis Clifton. [With life of Hippocrates from Soranus].

  • Hippocrates.
Date:
1734
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Credit: Hippocrates upon Air, water, and situation; upon Epidemical diseases; and upon Prognosticks, in acute cases especially. To this is added (by way of comparison) Thucydidesʼs Account of the plague of Athens / The whole translated, methodisʼd, and illustrated with useful and explanatory notes by Francis Clifton. [With life of Hippocrates from Soranus]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    O F jhj Air* Waters and Situation* Η Ο E V E R * would apply him- fhefludy felf right to Phyfick ihould ob- of a Pbyfi- ferve this Method. Firft, he€iani ihould confider the Seafons of the year, and what every one is capa- pable of producing: for they are not at all alike, but differ much from one another, and in their feveral changes. Secondly, the Winds, both the hot and the cold, efpecially thofe that are common to all Na¬ tions and, next to thefe, fuch as are peculiar to certain Countries. Thirdly, the Waters, and their feveral qua¬ lities : for as they differ in tafte and weight, fo the virtue of every one· differs confiderably. For which reafon, when a Man comes a perfect iiranger to a City, he ihould confider well the fituation of it, how it Hands with refpe£t to the Winds, and the rifings of the Sun. * Thus begins the famous book of Hippocrates, φιξt &ί$ων9 thfaJ6)v, τόπων· For.