Diocles of Carystus: A Collection of the Fragments with Translation and Commentary. Vol Two (STUDIES IN ANCIENT MEDICINE) - Hardcover

Van Der Eijk, Philip J.; Eijk, Philip Van Der

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004120122 ISBN 13: 9789004120129

Publisher: Brill, 2000

Synopsis

Diocles of Carystus in Euboea, known to Athenians as `the younger Hippocrates', practised medicine in the 4th century BC. His copious texts, which combined practical, theoretical and philosophical approaches, were studied and copied throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages. This volume provides the Greek, Latin and Arabic texts, with facing translation, of over 241 fragments which reflect Dicoles' varied interests in medicine and nature. The second colume contains a commentary and discussion.

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About the Author

Philip J. van der Eijk, Ph.D. (1991) Leiden, is Professor of Greek at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He has published widely on ancient medicine, philosophy, science, comparative literature and patristics. He is the author of Aristoteles. De insomniis. De divinatione per somnum (Berlin, 1994), editor of Ancient Histories of Medicine (Brill, 1999), and co-editor of Ancient Medicine in its Socio-Cultural Context (Amsterdam-Atlanta, 1995).

Review

'It makes thoroughly enjoyable reading, and not only for the specialist.'
Manuela Tecusan, Medical History, 2005.
'This will certainly become a standard reference work for students of ancient medicine...'
S. Douglas Olson, Classical World.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 9004120122
• ISBN 13: 9789004120129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 497