Hippocratic lives and legends / / by Jody Rubin Pinault.

Hippocratic Lives and Legends examines the ideal of the ancient physician and processes of biographical fiction that shaped the legend of Hippocrates. Focusing on three stories in particular — how Hippocrates cured the plague, Hippocrates' detection of King Perdiccas' lovesickness, and Hip...

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Superior document:Studies in ancient medicine, v. 4
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1992.
Year of Publication:1992
Language:English
Greek
Latin
Arabic
Series:Studies in Ancient Medicine 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource (159 pages) :; illustrations
Notes:Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Pennsylvania.
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