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13 de jun. de 2024 · This 1493 Venetian edition, with its hand-colored initial letters and marginal decoration, illustrates the attempts of the first printers to make the printed book look like the more familiar manuscript. Hippocrates. Aphorismi, sive sententiae. Nuremberg : Caspar Hochfeder, after April 1496.
10 de jun. de 2024 · From The Hippocratic Oath: Text, Translation, and Interpretation, by Ludwig Edelstein. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1943. Modern version. I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.
Hace 3 días · Known as the father of Western medicine, Hippocrates was the creator and figurehead of a new school of medical practice. The Hippocratic school emphasised professionalism in medicine, the free exchange of information between physicians, and a passive style of treatment.
13 de jun. de 2024 · Practical medicine figures more prominently in texts on diagnosis, particularly on reading pulses and urine; prognosis, in the Hippocratic tradition as well as by astrology and divination; and therapeutics, with several synopses for quick reference.
Hace 2 días · Heraclitus' writings have exerted a wide influence on Western philosophy, including the works of Plato and Aristotle, who interpreted him in terms of their own doctrines. His influence also extends into art, literature, and even medicine, as writings in the Hippocratic corpus show signs of Heraclitean themes.
10 de jun. de 2024 · Some scholars believe that Diocles may have played a role in compiling and editing some of the works that make up the Hippocratic Corpus, which is the collection of medical writings attributed to Hippocrates and his followers.
10 de jun. de 2024 · Included in these works are writings on diagnosis, prognosis, the treating of wounds, the setting of fractured bones, the care of patients, and many other medical practices. His name also lives in in other things. Most famous of these is the Hippocratic Oath. It has been revised several times through the years.
