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Ἱπποκράτης καὶ τὸ Ἱπποκρατικὸν Σῶμα
Hippocrates and the Hippocratic Corpus
59 works
Period: Κλασική Classical
Dialect: Ἰωνική Ionic
Domain: Ἰατρική Medicine
Format: Πραγματεία Treatise

Hippocrates and the Hippocratic Corpus (Ἱπποκράτης καὶ τὸ Ἱπποκρατικὸν Σῶμα)

Life Hippocrates of Cos, born c. 460 BCE, was a historical physician from the island of Cos and a member of the Asclepiad guild [1][2]. A contemporary of Socrates, he is traditionally credited with establishing medicine as a rational discipline based on observation [1][2]. The "Hippocratic Corpus" is a collection of roughly 60 medical treatises written in Ionic Greek between the late 5th and 3rd centuries BCE by multiple, anonymous authors, later assembled under his name in the Hellenistic period [1][2][3]. The historical Hippocrates’s own writings are lost and cannot be identified within the Corpus [1][2].

Works The Corpus comprises treatises on diverse medical topics. Major works include On the Sacred Disease, which argues epilepsy has natural causes; Airs, Waters, Places, on environmental influences on health; Epidemics, a collection of case histories; On the Nature of Man, which expounds the theory of the four humors; and The Oath, an ethical code for physicians [1][2]. Other significant texts are On Ancient Medicine, Prognostic, Aphorisms, and several surgical manuals [1].

Significance The Hippocratic Corpus represents the foundational text of Western medicine, establishing a systematic, naturalistic approach that sought physical causes for disease [1][2][3]. Its key contributions include the development of clinical observation, the theory of the four humors, and the enduring ethical principles of the Hippocratic Oath [1][2][3].

Sources 1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Plato.stanford.edu): https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hippocratic-medicine/ 2. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP.utm.edu): https://iep.utm.edu/hippocra/ 3. Encyclopædia Britannica (Britannica.com): https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hippocrates / https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hippocratic-oath

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Ἀφορισμοί
Aphorisms
212 passages
Φορεύς
Carrier
37 passages
Κῶα Προγνωστικά
Coan Prognostics
318 passages
Ἐπιδημίων
Epidemics
7 passages
Ὑποθῆκαι
Instructions
13 passages
Νόμος
Law
6 passages
Ἐπιστολαί, Ψήφισμα, Λόγοι
Letters, Decree, Orations
42 passages
Ὅρκος Μετρικός
Metrical Oath
1 passages
Ὅρκος
Oath
2 passages
Περὶ παθῶν
On Affections
46 passages
Περὶ ἀέρων, ὑδάτων, τόπων
On Airs, Waters, Places
28 passages
Περὶ ἀνατομῆς
On Anatomy
2 passages
Περὶ ἀρχαίας ἰατρικῆς
On Ancient Medicine
25 passages
Περὶ τέχνης
On Art
13 passages
Περὶ Γενέσεως
On Birth
11 passages
Περὶ Κρίσεων
On Crises
35 passages
Περὶ Κρίσιμων Ἡμερῶν
On Critical Days
11 passages
Περὶ Εὐσχήμονος Ἐνδύματος
On Decent Attire
15 passages
Περὶ ὀδοντοφυΐας
On Dentition
17 passages
Περὶ διαίτης
On Diet
94 passages
Περὶ διαίτης ἐν τοῖς ὀξέσιν
On Diet in Acute Diseases
22 passages
Περὶ νόσων Α'-Γ'
On Diseases I-III
125 passages
Περὶ παρθενικῶν νόσων
On Diseases of Virgins
2 passages
Περὶ συρίγγων
On Fistulas
9 passages
Περὶ ἀγμῶν
On Fractures
49 passages
Περὶ ἀδένων
On Glands
15 passages
Περὶ κεφαλῆς τραυμάτων
On Head Wounds
23 passages
Περὶ ὑγιεινῆς διαίτης
On Healthy Diet
9 passages
Περὶ αἱμοῤῥοίδων
On Hemorrhoids
7 passages
Περὶ χυμῶν
On Humors
18 passages
Περὶ ἐντὸς παθῶν
On Internal Affections
59 passages
Περὶ ἄρθρων
On Joints
85 passages
Περὶ κρεῶν
On Meats
20 passages
Περὶ τροφῆς
On Nourishment
29 passages
Περὶ τόπων ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ
On Places in Man
40 passages
Περὶ Καθαρτικῶν
On Purgatives, Remedies
3 passages
Περὶ σπέρματος, φύσεως παιδίου, νόσων Δ'
On Seed, the Nature of the Child, Diseases IV
64 passages
Περὶ Ἑπταμηνίας
On Seven-Month Birth
1 passages
Περὶ ἑπταμηνιαίων
On Seven-Month Birth
9 passages
Περὶ ἐπιφορήσεως
On Superfetation
27 passages
Περὶ διαίτης τῶν ὀξέων
On the Diet of Acute Patients
32 passages
Περὶ ἰατρεῖου
On the Doctor's Workshop
20 passages
Περὶ ὀκταμηνιαίων
On the Eight-Month Birth
4 passages
Περὶ ἐκτομῆς ἐμβρύου
On the Excision of the Fetus
5 passages
Περὶ Καρδίας
On the Heart
12 passages
Περὶ Φύσεως Ὀστέων
On the Nature of Bones
18 passages
Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου
On the Nature of Man
15 passages
Περὶ τῆς φύσεως τοῦ παιδίου
On the Nature of the Child
20 passages
Περὶ φύσεως γυναικείας
On the Nature of Women
87 passages
Περὶ Ἰατροῦ
On the Physician
11 passages
Περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου
On the Sacred Disease
21 passages
Περὶ χυλῶν χρήσεως
On the Use of Liquids
6 passages
Περὶ ἑλκῶν
On Ulcers
21 passages
Περὶ Ὄψεως
On Vision
8 passages
Περὶ Ἑβδομάδων
On Weeks, Hebdomads
19 passages
Περὶ πνευμάτων
On Winds
13 passages
Περὶ γυναικείων
On Women
227 passages
Προγνωστικόν
Prognostic
26 passages
Προρρητικόν Α'
Prorrheticon I
119 passages

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