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Hippocratic Writings by Hippocrates is a health book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Hippocratic Writings about?
This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb fractures, and the section called The Nature of Man describes the physiological theories of the time. The book ends with a discussion of embryology and a brief anatomical description of the heart.
Who reads Hippocratic Writings?
It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Hippocrates
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- Category
- health
- Subjects
- Science, Stem
- Rating
- 3.69 / 5 (177 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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