Cover of Ulcers by Hippocrates Audiobook Ulcers
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Ulcers

Author
Hippocrates
Read by
George Easton
Language
English
Length
26 minutes
ISBN
9781787364684
Published
5 September 2022
Imprint
Adelphi Press
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The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates is often credited with being the first to identify ulcers as a medical condition. In his famous treatise On the Sacred Disease, Hippocrates describes ulcers as open sores that can occur on the skin or mucous membranes. He notes that ulcers are often painful and may be accompanied by fever, swelling, and redness. Read in English, unabridged.

Author

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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