ordinary fevers, with their periods, paroxysms and
crises. At the end come fourteen clinical histories.
I have already mentioned a pre-Hippocratic group
and a Hippocratic group, and it has been noticed
that the main task of Greek medicine was to free
science from superstition and from philosophic hypotheses.
The Corpus contains two polemical works,
On Epilepsy and Ancient Medicine, which attack respectively
the " divine " origin of disease and the
intrusion into medicine of the hypothetical speculation
of philosophers.
There is another group of works which, while
they do not display to any marked degree the
Hippocratic characteristics, are nevertheless practical
handbooks of medicine, physiology or anatomy. The
list is a long one, and includes works by different
authors and of different schools :--
The Surgery.
The Heart.
Places in Man.
Glands.
Anatomy.
Nature of the Bones.
Sight.
Dentition.
Diseases I.
Diseases II. and III.
Shows influence of Cnidian school. So possibly do other
books. |
Affections.
Shows influence of Cnidian school. So possibly do other
books. |
Internal Affections.
Shows influence of Cnidian school. So possibly do other
books. |
Sores.
Fistulae.
Hemorrhoids.