The invention of medicine : from Homer to Hippocrates / Robin Lane Fox.
The fifth century BCE was a time of revolutionary change in ancient Greece. New ways of thinking were born--from theoretical mathematics and free-standing sculpture to democracy and the art of rhetoric--and at the center of this movement, modern medicine was born. A collection of texts, known as Epidemics, presented the first-known medical case histories and gave us the famous maxim to "do no harm." Acclaimed historian Robin Lane Fox puts this seminal medical textbook in a wider context by establishing that it was written much earlier than previously thought, and that the author--never actually named--was none other than Hippocrates, the father of medicine himself.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465093441
- ISBN: 0465093442
- Physical Description: xxvi, 404 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2020.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published in 2020 by Allen Lane, Penguin Random House UK."--Title page verso.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (321-397) and index.
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- Hippocrates.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 610.938 LAN (Text) | 37810435773071 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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