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On Airs, Waters, and Places

Author
Hippocrates
Series
Medical Library
Language
English
Length
34 pages
ISBN
9781911495758
Published
9 August 2016
Imprint
The Big Nest
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In his treatise On Airs, Waters, and Places, Hippocrates discusses the effects of different environments on human health. He observes that certain climatic conditions are conducive to good health, while others lead to illness. For example, he notes that people who live in hot, dry climates tend to be healthy and have few diseases, while those who live in cold, wet climates are more susceptible to illness.

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Hippocrates (c. 460–370 BC) is the figure most closely associated with the birth of rational medicine in the ancient Greek world. The Hippocratic Corpus — essays, case histories, and aphorisms long attributed to him and his school — sought to explain illness through observation rather than superstition. His name survives in the physician's oath and in the ideal of medicine as a humane, disciplined art grounded in evidence and care.

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