In Search of the Modern Hippocrates

In Search of the Modern Hippocrates
Title In Search of the Modern Hippocrates PDF eBook
Author Roger J. Bulger
Publisher University of Iowa Press
Pages 294
Release 1987
Genre Medical
ISBN 9781587290220

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Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake

Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake
Title Hippocrates' Oath and Asclepius' Snake PDF eBook
Author T. A. Cavanaugh
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 193
Release 2018
Genre Medical
ISBN 0190673672

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This book articulates the Hippocratic Oath as establishing the medical profession by a promise to uphold an internal medical ethic that particularly prohibits doctors from killing. In its most basic and least controvertible form, this ethic mandates that physicians help and not harm the sick.

The Hippocrates Code

The Hippocrates Code
Title The Hippocrates Code PDF eBook
Author JC McKeown
Publisher Hackett Publishing
Pages 396
Release 2016-02-11
Genre Medical
ISBN 1624664660

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In this book lies a key for decoding modern medical terminology, a living language that, despite some quirks, is best approached as an ordered system. Rather than presenting a mere list of word elements to be absorbed through rote memorization, The Hippocrates Code offers a thorough, linguistically-centered explanation of the rules of the terminological game, both for the language of medicine and for scientific vocabulary in general. Its careful exposition of Latin and Greek linguistic principles—along with a healthy dose of innovative exercises—empowers students to successfully employ the word elements that are the building blocks of modern medical terminology. Along the way, fascinating discussions of the practice of medicine in the ancient world provide an integral aid to the understanding of medical vocabulary. Code-breakers drawn to language, history, and medicine will be as stimulated as they are enlightened. The Hippocrates Code features: Twenty-eight chapters covering the principles behind the formation of medical vocabulary derived from Latin and Greek, complete with a rich harvest of the most useful prefixes, suffixes, and bases Detailed anatomical diagrams paired with an etymological tour of the human body Selected readings from ancient medical writers, with commentaries that compare and contrast medical practices in antiquity with those of the present day An abundant array of diverse and often ingenious exercises that require critical thinking about the application of word elements. For additional vocabulary practice, exercises, pronunciation aids, and much more The Hippocrates Code companion website: www.hippocratescode.com

Hippocrates, Father of Medicine

Hippocrates, Father of Medicine
Title Hippocrates, Father of Medicine PDF eBook
Author Herbert S. Goldberg
Publisher Pickle Partners Publishing
Pages 92
Release 2017-01-12
Genre History
ISBN 1787208451

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First published in 1963, this book by University of Missouri Microbiology Professor Herbert S. Goldberg provides the reader with a picture of the life and times of Hippocrates, the “Father of Medicine.” Hippocrates was born on the island of Cos in 460 B.C., and his works remained for centuries the foundation of medical and biographical knowledge. In addition, it was Hippocrates daring approach to the problems of sickness and disease that drove the opening wedge into the wall of fear that surrounded human ills. Hippocrates scrupulous attention to professional ethics is honored even to this day by the medical oath that bears his name—The Hippocratic Oath. Goldberg accurately describes the professions and trades during Hippocrates time, as well as the early education of youth in ancient Greece. Medicines were not based on science, but on driving evil spirits from the body. Hippocrates scientific approach to the study and treatment of disease has deservedly earned for him the title of “Father of Medicine.”

Hippocrates Now

Hippocrates Now
Title Hippocrates Now PDF eBook
Author Helen King
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 273
Release 2019-11-28
Genre History
ISBN 1350005894

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This book is available as open access through the Knowledge Unlatched programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. We need to talk about Hippocrates. Current scholarship attributes none of the works of the 'Hippocratic corpus' to him, and the ancient biographical traditions of his life are not only late, but also written for their own promotional purposes. Yet Hippocrates features powerfully in our assumptions about ancient medicine, and our beliefs about what medicine – and the physician himself – should be. In both orthodox and alternative medicine, he continues to be a model to be emulated. This book will challenge widespread assumptions about Hippocrates (and, in the process, about the history of medicine in ancient Greece and beyond) and will also explore the creation of modern myths about the ancient world. Why do we continue to use Hippocrates, and how are new myths constructed around his name? How do news stories and the internet contribute to our picture of him? And what can this tell us about wider popular engagements with the classical world today, in memes, 'quotes' and online?

The Genuine Works of Hippocrates

The Genuine Works of Hippocrates
Title The Genuine Works of Hippocrates PDF eBook
Author Hippocrates
Publisher
Pages 436
Release 1849
Genre Medicine
ISBN

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The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates

The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates
Title The Cambridge Companion to Hippocrates PDF eBook
Author Peter E. Pormann
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 465
Release 2018-11-08
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1108593607

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Hippocrates is a towering figure in Greek medicine. Dubbed the 'father of medicine', he has inspired generations of physicians over millennia in both the East and West. Despite this, little is known about him, and scholars have long debated his relationship to the works attributed to him in the so-called 'Hippocratic Corpus', although it is undisputed that many of the works within it represent milestones in the development of Western medicine. In this Companion, an international team of authors introduces major themes in Hippocratic studies, ranging from textual criticism and the 'Hippocratic question' to problems such as aetiology, physiology and nosology. Emphasis is given to the afterlife of Hippocrates from Late Antiquity to the modern period. Hippocrates had as much relevance in the fifth-century BC Greek world as in the medieval Islamic world, and he remains with us today in both medical and non-medical contexts.