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Hippocrates

  • 194 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 1531
  • 30 editions
  • Free to read

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Good for readers who want: ancient history and a book they can read free online.

  • Greek and Roman Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Philosophy, ancient
  • Ancient History
  • Medical Philosophy
  • Epidemiology
  • Medieval and modern Latin literature
  • Epidemics

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Hippocrates of Kos (; Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, named after his grandfather Hippocrates I (also Hippocrates of Kos or Hippocrates I of Kos) was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.

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