Author

Hippocrates

Posthumous or imagined likeness of Hippocrates.
Posthumous or imagined likeness of Hippocrates. Source · Public domain
Hippocratic Writings

c. 5th–4th century BCE · Ancient · Collection

Hippocratic Writings is not a single book but a library of early Greek medicine: case histories, ethical rules, theoretical essays, surgical manuals, dietetic advice, aphorisms and polemics against rival healers. Its strongest works begin from the sickbed.