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BRC0002

Title

Subject

Classical Medical

Description

Hippocrates, a physician in Greece during the classical period, is often considered the founder of Western medicine. The corpus of his writing, however, is not all positively attributed to him, but rather to a wider circle of fellow practitioners and followers.

Creator

Hippocrates, Cornarius, Janus, 1500–1558, tr.

Source

BRC0002. Hippocrates (460–ca.370 BCE). Opera quae apud nos extant omnia. Leiden: Antoine Vincent, bookseller, 1553; Pierre Fradin, printer, 1555.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

MedHistory

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Medical Text

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

Hippocrates, Cornarius, Janus, 1500–1558, tr., “BRC0002,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1788.