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Heidel, William Arthur, Hippocratic medicine, its spirit and method, Nova York, Columbia University Press, 1941, 149 pp.
- Resum
- The name of Hippocrates is revered in scientific medicine not so much for any actual scientific discovery but for having established principles of thought which continued to guide medical science to our modern times. The eminent historian Heidel presents in this book a philosophic consideration of the hippocratic contribution and of its evolution from the mysticism that preceded it. It is taken for granted that the hippocratic writings are not the work of one person. The true significance of hippocratic medicine, according to Heidel, "lies in the circumstance that it is the expression of an age of incomparable importance in the intellectual life of the race." It laid the foundations of modern science. Most important of all was the introduction of exact observation as the basis for medical practice.
- Matèries
- Medicina
Història de la medicina Filosofia - Filosofia natural
- Notes
- Recensions:
* Galdston, Iago,'American Journal Public Health Nations Health', 32(2), 1942, pp. 211–212. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526787/
* Jones, W. H. S., 'The Classical Review', 56(2), 1942, pp 73-73. URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstrac ...
* 'Jama', 120(2), 1942, p.164. URL: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid= ...
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