The 'Hippocratic' corpus : content and context / Elizabeth M. Craik.

  • Craik, Elizabeth M.
Date:
2015
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Francis & Taylor Group, 2015.

Physical description

xxxvi, 307 pages : map ; 24 cm

Notes

Includes summaries of the some sixty medical works making up the 'Hippocratic' Corpus with commentary.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-302) and indexes.

Contents

Origin and development of Greek medicine -- Aspects of the art of medicine -- Intellectual context -- Hippocrates and the 'Hippocratic' corpus -- Principles and methods -- Grouping and approaching the 'Hippocratic' works -- Reading and interpreting the 'Hippocratic' works -- The 'Hippocratic' works.

Language note

Some texts also in Greek.

Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BJ /CRA
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ISBN

  • 9781138021693
  • 1138021695
  • 9781138021716
  • 1138021717