Delphi Complete Works of Hippocrates

Hippocrates of Kos, the Father of Western medicine, is credited with advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine, summing up the knowledge of previous schools and prescribing practices for physicians through the Hippocratic Corpus and other works. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Hippocrates' complete extant works, with beautiful illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Hippocrates' life and works* Features the complete extant works now generally believed to be written by Hippocrates, in both English translation and the original Greek* Concise introductions* Includes translations previously appearing in Loeb Classical Library editions of Hippocrates' works* Excellent formatting of the texts* Easily locate the works you want to read with individual contents tables* Includes many of the spurious works in the Hippocratic Corpus, first time in digital print* Includes all of Polybus' rare works of the Hippocratic Corpus: ON THE NATURE OF MAN and REGIMEN IN HEALTH, available in no other collection* Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph - ideal for students* Features two bonus biographies - discover Hippocrates' ancient world* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease note: some Kindle software programs cannot display Greek characters correctly; however the characters do display correctly on Kindle devices.Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:Works of HippocratesON ANCIENT MEDICINEPROGNOSTICSAPHORISMSEPIDEMICS I AND IIION REGIMEN IN ACUTE DISEASESON AIRS, WATERS, AND PLACESON THE ARTICULATIONSON FRACTURESON THE INSTRUMENTS OF REDUCTIONON INJURIES OF THE HEADTHE HIPPOCRATIC OATHTHE LAWTHE PHYSICIAN'S ESTABLISHMENTWorks of the Hippocratic CorpusON THE NATURE OF MANREGIMEN IN HEALTHON ULCERSON FISTULAEON HEMORRHOIDSON THE SACRED DISEASEON ALIMENTTHE PRECEPTSHUMOURSDREAMSTHE ARTBREATHSDECORUMTHE PHYSICIANDENTITIONThe Greek TextsLIST OF GREEK TEXTSThe Dual TextsDUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXTSThe BiographiesGENERAL INTRODUCTION TO HIPPOCRATES by W. H. S. JonesHIPPOCRATES by Charles McRaePlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles