THE GENUINE WORKS OF HIPPOCRATES Translated From the Greek with A Preliminary Discourse and Annotations by Francis Adams
by Hippocrates (fl. ca. 460 BC)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: for the Sydenham Society, 1849. 2 volumes. The First Edition in English of Hippocrates. With eight plates of very unpleasant-looking surgical instruments and treatments. 8vo, publisher’s original dark green cloth gilt lettered on spine and with gilt devices on covers within ornate paneled border in blind, t.e.g. x, 466, [2]; vi, 469-872, [2]. A very good set, much nicer than is typically encountered, the textblocks clean and bright, the bindings very well preserved, solid and strong and unfaded, just a bit of wear at the extremities and outside hinges, Volume I with some wear to the endpapers along the joints but the boards still firm and tight. THE FIRST AND ONLY COMPLETE ENGLISH VERSION OF HIPPOCRATES. The importance of Hippocrates to the entire history of medicine is unquestionable. In spite of over two thousand years of scientific and social progress, the ideals and philosophies expressed by Hippocrates still remain as the ethical backbone of all healing practitioners.
Adams' passionate scholarship make his introduction and notes especially valuable. Adams had a practice in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, from 1819 to 1861. Because there were no English translations of the medical tracts of the Greek, Roman, and Arabian doctors, Adams undertook these translations himself. Included in his edition of Hippocrates is a brief history of the life of Hippocrates and a preliminary discourse on Grecian medicine.
Adams' passionate scholarship make his introduction and notes especially valuable. Adams had a practice in Banchory, Aberdeenshire, from 1819 to 1861. Because there were no English translations of the medical tracts of the Greek, Roman, and Arabian doctors, Adams undertook these translations himself. Included in his edition of Hippocrates is a brief history of the life of Hippocrates and a preliminary discourse on Grecian medicine.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32874
- Title
- THE GENUINE WORKS OF HIPPOCRATES Translated From the Greek with A Preliminary Discourse and Annotations by Francis Adams
- Author
- Hippocrates (fl. ca. 460 BC)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- for the Sydenham Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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