The wide-ranging content of Places in Man represents the entire Hippocratic Corpus: anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical ideology, clinical instruction, traditional love, gynaecology. Despite this wide and varied scope, the work is conceptually coherent and stylistically consistent. In this new edition of the Greek text with translation and commentary, the language and content of the work are studied in relation to other treatises of the Hippocratic Corpus, and to fragmentary early medical writings (both Presocratics and ...
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The wide-ranging content of Places in Man represents the entire Hippocratic Corpus: anatomy, physiology, pathology, medical ideology, clinical instruction, traditional love, gynaecology. Despite this wide and varied scope, the work is conceptually coherent and stylistically consistent. In this new edition of the Greek text with translation and commentary, the language and content of the work are studied in relation to other treatises of the Hippocratic Corpus, and to fragmentary early medical writings (both Presocratics and texts of Anonymus Londinensis). It is argued that while there are `Koan' and `Knidian' elements, a West Greek origin is probable; and that this may be the earliest work in the Corpus.
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Add this copy of Hippocrates Places in Man Greek Text and Translation to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by Brattle Book Shop (ABAA, ILAB) rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boston, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Clarendon Press 1998.
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VeryGood. Hardcover. Hardcover. First Edition. 8.5" x 5.5". XIV, 259, [3] pp. Publisher's black cloth boards in a green paper DJ. Minor shelf wear. Near Fine. ISBN 0198152272.
