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The Role of Spirituality in Hippocratic Medicine
Southern Medical Journal, 2011To anyone studying the role of spirituality in Western medicine, the first few lines of the Hippocratic Oath should be of interest: ‘‘I swear by Apollo the Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods, and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant ...
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Prolegomena to Medicine: The Role of the Hippocratic Aphorismi
2022In most late antique canons of Hippocratic texts, the Aphorisms hold an introductory position. The traditional explanation is that they represent a ‘comprehensive’ or ‘universal’ work, which covers all the parts of medicine. In this respect, the first aphorism played a fundamental role in Late Antiquity.
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Reading Communities and Hippocratism in Hellenistic Medicine
Science in Context, 2015ArgumentThe sect of ancient Greek physicians who believed that medical knowledge came from personal experience also read the Hippocratic Corpus intensively. While previous scholarship has concentrated on the contributions of individual physicians to ancient scholarship on Hippocrates, this article seeks to identify those characteristics of Empiricist ...
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Galen and Hippocratic medicine: language and practice
2009Tema dell'articolo è ciò che Galeno intende per 'uso linguistico': si esplora il grado di coinvolgimento di Galeno nelle problematiche della cultura retorica contemporanea. What Galen meant by 'language usage' is the focus of the article, which explores the degree of involvement of Galen with stylistic issues typical of the contemporary rhetorical ...
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Hippocratic Medicine and Philosophy
Abstract Hippocrates of Cos was a physician said to have lived sometime between 450 bce and 350 bce. Although Plato (a contemporary) makes reference to Hippocrates, it is generally believed that most of the writings in the Corpus Hippocraticum, which provide a wealth of information on biomedical methodology and offer one of the first ...openaire +1 more source
Soma and Psyche in Hippocratic Medicine
2000Abstract The intuitive feeling that man is something other than the strength of his limbs and the appearance of his physique, something that manifests itself as his thoughts and behaviour, is as old as Greek literature: in Homeric poetry (c.750 BC), thought (phrenes) and works, together with form and stature, make up the whole of the ...
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The Hippocratic Oath and The Ethics of Medicine
2003Abstract This engaging book examines what the Hippocratic Oath meant to Greek physicians 2400 years ago, and reflects on its relevance to medical ethics today. Drawing on the writings of ancient physicians, Greek playwrights, and modern scholars, each chapter explores one of its passages and concludes with a modern case discussion ...
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