Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 7

HIPPOCRATES (ca. 460 B.C.-ca. 368 B.C.) Prognostikon bibloi g [Greek title transliterated]. Per Henricum Petrum [1536] [72] pp. 15.1 cm.

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The editor of this work, Alban Thorer (see No. 194), studied philology and literature at Basel and taught for a number of years before becoming a physician. In addition to teaching medicine at Basel, he maintained an extensive private practice and consulted widely. Besides Hippocrates, Thorer edited, translated, or prepared commentaries on the works of Paulus Aegineta (see No. 53), Theophilus, Alexander of Tralles, Soranus, Oribasius, Pliny, and Apuleius. In the present work, Thorer has preceded the Greek text of the Prognostics with an extensive preface in which he discusses the work. Prognosis was an important element of the Hippocratic system and this was one of Hippocrates most valued contributions. Great emphasis is placed on symptomatology throughout the work with frequent mention of both favorable and unfavorable symptoms. It is in the first two selections that the well-known Hippocratic facies and Hippocratic fingers are described.

See Related Record(s): 194 53

Cited references: Durling 2437