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

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

xxxvi, 307 pages : map ; 24 cm

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

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.

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

Some texts also in Greek.