Hippocrates
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Hippocrates, G. Lloyd (Edited by), J. Chadwick (Translator), W.N. Mann (Translator), I.M. Lonie (Translator), E.T. Withington (Translator)
Hippocratic Writings
Summary
This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb fractures, and the section called The Nature of Man describes the physiological theories of the time. The book ends with a discussion of embryology and a brief anatomical description of the heart.