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    Aphorisms
    Aphorisms
    Aphorisms
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    Aphorisms

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    Hippocrates of Kos (c. 460 - c. 370 BC) was a Greek physician of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the “Father of Medicine” and the Hippocratic school of medicine revolutionized ancient Greek medicine, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields with which it had traditionally been associated (theurgy and philosophy), thus establishing medicine as a profession.
    Our publishing house brings to the attention of readers the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, in the translation from ancient Greek into English made in the nineteenth century by Francis Adams, a Scottish medical doctor and translator of many Greek, Roman and Arabic ancient medical works.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdizioni Aurora Boreale
    Release dateDec 18, 2022
    ISBN9791255041269
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      Aphorisms - Hippocrates

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      Τεληστήριον

      HIPPOCRATES

      APHORISMS

      TRANSLATED FROM ANCIENT GREEK BY FRANCIS ADAMS

      LOGO EDIZIONI AURORA BOREALE
      Edizioni Aurora Boreale

      Title: Aphorisms

      Author: Ippocrates

      Publishing Series: Telestèrion

      With a preface by Nicola Bizzi

      ISBN: 979-12-5504-126-9

      Cover image: Nicolaes Moeyart: Hippocrates visiting Democritus, 1636

      (Den Haag, Mauritshuis Museum)

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      © 2022 Edizioni Aurora Boreale

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      HIPPOCRATES OF KOS, THE FATHER OF MEDICINE

      Hippocrates of Kos (Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 - c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the Father of Medicine in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field, such as the use of prognosis and clinical observation, the systematic categorization of diseases, or the formulation of humoural theory. The Hippocratic school of medicine revolutionized ancient Greek medicine, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields with which it had traditionally been associated (theurgy and philosophy), thus establishing medicine as a profession.

      However, the achievements of the writers of the Hippocratic Corpus, the practitioners of Hippocratic medicine, and the actions of Hippocrates himself were often conflated; thus very little is known about what Hippocrates actually thought, wrote, and did. Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician and credited with coining the Hippocratic Oath, which is still relevant and in use today. He is also credited with greatly advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine, summing up the medical knowledge of previous schools, and prescribing practices for physicians through the Hippocratic Corpus and other works.

      Historians agree that Hippocrates was born around the year 460 BC on the Greek island of Kos; other biographical information, however, is likely to be untrue.

      Soranus of Ephesus, a 2nd-century Greek physician, was Hippocrates’ first biographer and is the source of most personal information about him. Later biographies are in the Suda of the 10th century AD, and in the works of John Tzetzes, which date from the 12th century AD. Hippocrates is mentioned in passing in the writings of two contemporaries: Plato, in Protagoras and Phaedrus, and Aristotle’s Politics, which date from the 4th century BC.

      Soranus wrote that Hippocrates’ father was Heraclides, a physician, and his mother was Praxitela, daughter of Tizane. The two sons of Hippocrates, Thessalus and Draco, and his son-in-law, Polybus, were his students. According to Galen, a later physician, Polybus, was Hippocrates’ true successor, while Thessalus and Draco each had a son named Hippocrates (Hippocrates III and IV).

      Soranus said that Hippocrates learned medicine from his father and grandfather (Hippocrates I), and studied other subjects with Democritus and Gorgias. Hippocrates was probably trained at the asklepieion of Kos,

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