# Hippocratic Writings

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- Book: [Hippocratic Writings](https://www.bookquiver.com/hippocrates/hippocratic-writings) ([Hippocratic Writings.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/hippocrates/hippocratic-writings.md))
- Authors: [Hippocrates](https://www.bookquiver.com/hippocrates)
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-451-3
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2005-05-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb fractures, and the section called The Nature of Man describes the physiological theories of the time. The book ends with a discussion of embryology and a brief anatomical description of the heart.