Generation. Nature of the Child. Diseases 4. Nature of Women. Barrenness: (Loeb Classical Library)
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Paul Potter (Contributor)
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The definitive English edition of the "Father of Medicine."
This is the tenth volume in the Loeb Classical Library's ongoing edition of Hippocrates' invaluable texts, which provide essential information about the practice of medicine in antiquity and about Greek theories concerning the human body. Here, Paul Potter presents the Greek text with facing English translation of five treatises, four concerning human reproduction (Generation, Nature of the Child) and reproductive disorders (Nature of Women, Barrenness), and one (Diseases 4) that expounds a general theory of physiology and pathology.
The works available in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Hippocrates are:
Volume I: Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. The Oath. Precepts. Nutriment.
Volume II: Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Dentition.
Volume III: On Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. On Fractures. On Joints. Mochlicon.
Volume IV: Nature of Man. Regimen in Health. Humors. Aphorisms. Regimen 1-3. Dreams.
Volume V: Affections. Diseases 1-2.
Volume VI: Diseases 3. Internal Affections. Regimen in Acute Diseases.
Volume VII: Epidemics 2 and 4-7.
Volume VIII: Places in Man. Glands. Fleshes. Prorrhetic 1-2. Physician. Use of Liquids. Ulcers. Haemorrhoids and Fistulas.
Volume IX: Anatomy. Nature of Bones. Heart. Eight Months' Child. Coan Prenotions. Crises. Critical Days. Superfetation. Girls. Excision of the Fetus. Sight.
Volume X: Generation. Nature of the Child. Diseases 4. Nature of Women. Barrenness.
Volume XI: Diseases of Women 1-2. 1 line illustration CPSIA choking or other US hazard warning - No California Proposition 65 hazard warning necessary
About the Author
Paul Potter is Chair of the Department of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.
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- Imprint: Loeb Classical Library
- ISBN13: 9780674996830
- Number of Pages: 464
- Packaged Dimensions: 108x162x25mm
- Packaged Weight: 363
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Release Date: 2012-11-21
- Series: Loeb Classical Library
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Paul Potter is Chair of the Department of the History of Medicine, University of Western Ontario.
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