The Writings of Hippocrates and Galen

The Writings of Hippocrates and Galen

A detailed summary of the major writings of two of the leading doctors of the ancient Greek and Roman world by one of the pioneering doctors of the early American Republic.

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Table of Contents:
TO THE READER.
TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THE ABSTRACT OF HIPPOCRATES.
TABLE OF CONTENTS TO THE ABSTRACT OF GALEN.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE WRITINGS OF HIPPOCRATES.
Sectio 1.
Sectio 2.
Sectio 3.
Sectio 4.
Sectio 5.
Sectio 6.
Sectio 7.
Sectio 8.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE WRITINGS OF HIPPOCRATES,
Tomus primus continet
Tomus secundus continet
Tomus tertius continet
Tomus quartus continet
ARRANGEMENT OF THE WRITINGS OF HIPPOCRATES,
Partie première, savoir,
Partie seconde.
AN ABSTRACT OF THE WRITINGS OF HIPPOCRATES.
INTRODUCTION.
THE WORKS OF HIPPOCRATES.
THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES.
SECTION I.—TREATISE I.
THE LAW OF HIPPOCRATES.
SECTION I.—TREATISE II. OF THE REQUISITES TO CONSTITUTE THE ACCOMPLISHED PHYSICIAN.
ON THE ART OF MEDICINE.
SECTION I.—TREATISE III.
THE ART OF MEDICINE IN FORMER TIMES.
SECTION I.—TREATISE IV.
OF THE PHYSICIAN.
SECTION I.—TREATISE V.
ON DECENCY IN MANNERS AND IN DRESS.
SECTION I.—TREATISE VI.
PRECEPTS OF HIPPOCRATES.
SECTION I.—TREATISE VII.
SECTION II.a: THE BOOK OF PROGNOSTICS.
HIPPOCRATES ON THE HUMOURS.a
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
HIPPOCRATES ON CRISES.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
OF CRITICAL DAYS, OR OF WHAT HAS A RELATION TO CRISES.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
PREDICTIONS OR PROGNOSTICS.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
THE COAN PROGNOSTICS.
COAN PROGNOSTICS.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
APPENDIX. OF THE DISEASES INCIDENT TO DIFFERENT AGES.
SECTION III.a: ON THE NATURE OF MAN.
ON GENERATION.
ON THE FŒTAL NATURE.
ON THE ORIGIN OF MAN.
ON THE SEVEN-MONTH BIRTH.
OF AN EIGHT-MONTH BIRTH.
ON SUPERFŒTATION.
ON DENTITION.
OF THE HEART.
ON THE GLANDS.
ON THE NATURE OF THE BONES.
ON AIRS, WATERS, AND LOCALITIES.
PARALLEL BETWEEN THE ASIATICS AND EUROPEANS.
OF FLATUS.
OF EPILEPSY.
SECTION IV.: ON A HEALTHY DIET.
ON REGIMEN. IN THREE BOOKS.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
ON DREAMS.
OF ALIMENT.
THE RATIONALE OF FOOD IN ACUTE DISEASES.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
ON THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF MAN.
APHORISTICAL SENTENCES.
OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF LIQUIDS.
SECTION V.: ON DISEASES.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
ON AFFECTIONS.a
OF INTERNAL AFFECTIONS.
OF DISEASES OF VIRGINS.
OF THE NATURE OF WOMAN.
OF FEMALE DISEASES.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
ON BARRENNESS.
ON VISION.
SECTION VI.a: ON THE SHOP OR OFFICE OF THE PHYSICIAN.
ON FRACTURES.
ON THE JOINTS.
ON THE REDUCTION OF FRACTURES AND LUXATIONS.
ON ULCERS.
ON FISTULÆ.
ON THE HEMORRHOIDS OR PILES.
ON WOUNDS OF THE HEAD.
ON THE EXTRACTION OF THE DEAD FŒTUS.
ON DISSECTIONS.
SECTION VII.a: THE EPIDEMICS OF HIPPOCRATES.
THE FIRST BOOK OF EPIDEMICS.
SECTION I. YEAR I.
SECTION II. YEAR II.
SECTION III. YEAR III.
THE THIRD BOOK OF EPIDEMICS.
PESTILENTIAL CONSTITUTION
THUCYDIDES UPON THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS.
CLIFTON’S PROOF OF THIS NOT BEING THAT DESCRIBED BY HIPPOCRATES
THE SECOND BOOK OF EPIDEMICS.
THE FOURTH BOOK OF EPIDEMICS.
THE FIFTH BOOK OF EPIDEMICS.
THE SIXTH BOOK OF EPIDEMICS.
THE SEVENTH BOOK OF EPIDEMICS.
THE BOOK OF APHORISMS.
SECTION VIII.: EXTRANEOUS.
EPISTOLÆ HIPPOCRATIS.
I.: LIBER DE HOMINIS STRUCTURA, AD PERDICCAM REGEM.
II.: DE NATURA HOMINIS.
III.: LIBER DE ÆTATE.
IV.: DE SEPTIMESTRI PARTU, LIBER SPURIUS.
V.: DE SIGNIFICATIONE VITÆ ET MORTIS, SECUNDUM MOTUM LUNÆ, ET ADSPECTUS PLANETARUM.
VI.: LIBER DE MEDICAMENTIS PURGANTIBUS.
VII.: DE VERATRI USU.
VIII.: DE ANTIDOTO.
IX.: ANTIDOTUM.
X.: DE RE VETERINARIA.
AN ABSTRACT OF THE WRITINGS OF GALEN.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
THE WORKS OF GALEN.
CLASS I.
CLASS II.
CLASS III.
CLASS IV.
CLASS V.
CLASS VI.
CLASS VII.
CLASS EXTRAORDINARY.
PROLEGOMENA, VEL GALENI LIBRI ISAGOGICI.
THE INTRODUCTORY TREATISES OF GALEN.
I.: ORATIO SUASORIA AD ARTES.
II.: SI QUIS OPTIMUS MEDICUS EST, EUNDEM ESSE PHILOSOPHUS.
III.: DE SOPHISMATIS IN VERBO CONTINGENTIBUS.
IV.: QUOD QUALITATES INCORPOREÆ SINT.
V.: DE LIBRIS PROPRIIS GALENI.
VI.: DE ORDINE LIBRORUM SUORUM.
VII.: DE SECTIS.
VIII.: GALENI, DE OPTIMA SECTA.
IX.: DE OPTIMO DOCENDI GENERE.
X.: DE SUBFIGURATIONE EMPIRICA.
XI.: SERMO ADVERSUS EMPIRICOS MEDICOS.
XII.: DE CONSTITUTIONE ARTIS MEDICÆ.
XIII.: FINITIONES MEDICÆ.
XIV.: INTRODUCTIO VEL MEDICUS.
XV.: QUOMODO MORBUM SIMULANTES SINT DEPREHENDENDI.
XVI.: ARS MEDICINALIS.
CLASS I.: PHYSIOLOGY, ANATOMY, ETC.
I.: GALENI, DE ELEMENTIS, LIBRI DUO.
II.: GALENI, DE TEMPERAMENTIS, LIBRI TRES.
III.: GALENI, IN LIBRUM HIPPOCRATIS, DE NATURA HUMANA, COMMENTARIA DUO.
IV.: GALENI, DE ATRA BILE, LIBELLUS.
V.: GALENI, DE OPTIMA CORPORIS CONSTITUTIONE.
VI.: GALENI, DE BONA HABITUDINE, LIBER.
VII.: GALENI, DE OSSIBUS, LIBER.
VIII.: GALENI, DE MUSCULORUM DISSECTIONE.
IX.: GALENI, DE NERVORUM DISSECTIONE, AD TYRONES.
X.: GALENI, DE VENARUM, ARTERIARUMQUE DISSECTIONE.
XI.: AN SANGUIS IN ARTERIIS NATURA CONTINEATUR.
XII.: GALENI, DE ANATOMICIS ADMINISTRATIONIBUS.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOKS IV., V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
XIII.: GALENI, DE UTERI DISSECTIONE.
XIV.: GALENI, DE INSTRUMENTO ODORATUS.
XV.: GALENI, DE USU PARTIUM CORPORIS HUMANI.
BOOKS I., II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
BOOK X.
BOOK XI.
BOOK XII.
BOOK XIII.
BOOK XIV.
BOOK XV.
BOOK XVI.
BOOK XVII.
XVI.: GALENI, DE UTILITATE RESPIRATIONIS LIB.
XVII.: GALENI, DE CAUSIS RESPIRATIONIS LIBER.
XVIII.: GALENI, DE PULSUUM USU LIBER.
XIX.: GALENI, DE SUBSTANTIA FACULTATUM NATURALIUM, LIBELLUS.
XX.: GALENI, DE HIPPOCRATIS ET PLATONIS DECRETIS, (DOGMATIBUS, BAS.) LIBRI NOVEM.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOKS III., IV., V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
XXI.: GALENI, DE FACULTATIBUS NATURALIBUS, LIBRI TRES.
XXII.: GALENI, DE MOTU MUSCULORUM, LIBRI DUO.
XXIII.: GALENI, DE MOTU THORACIS ET PULMONIS, FRAGMENTUM.
XXIV.: GALENI, QUOD ANIMI MORES CORPORIS TEMPERATURAS SEQUANTUR.
XXV.: GALENI, DE FŒTUUM FORMATIONE LIBER.
XXVI.: GALENI DE SEMINE, LIBRI DUO.
XXVII.: AN OMNES PARTICULÆ ANIMALIS QUOD IN UTERO EST, SIMUL FIUNT.
XXVIII.: AN ANIMAL SIT ID, QUOD IN UTERO EST.
XXIX.: GALENI, DE SEPTIMESTRI PARTU, LIBER.
CLASS II.: HYGIENE.
I.: GALENI, IN HIPPOCRATEM DE AËRE, AQUIS, ET LOCIS.
II.: GALENI, DE ALIMENTORUM FACULTATIBUS, LIBRI TRES.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
III.: GALENI, DE CIBIS BONI ET MALI SUCCI, LIBER.
IV.: GALENI, IN HIPPOCRATIS LIBRUM DE SALUBRI DIÆTA, COMMENTARIUS.
V.: GALENI, DE ATTENUANTE VICTUS RATIONE LIBER.
VI.: GALENI, DE PTISANA LIBER.
VII.: GALENI, DE EXERCITIO PER PARVAM PILAM.
VIII.: GALENI, LIBELLUS DE COGNOSCENDIS CURANDISQUE ANIMI MORBIS, QUAS PERTURBATIONES LATINI APPELLANT.
IX.: GALENI, DE CUJUSQUE ANIMI PECCATORUM NOTITIA ATQUE MEDELA, LIBER SECUNDUS.
X.: GALENI, DE CONSUETUDINE LIBER.
XI.: GALENI, DE SANITATE, LIBRI SEX.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
XII.: GALENI, ARS TUENDÆ SANITATIS, NUM AD MEDICINALEM ARTEM SPECTET, AN AD EXERCITATORIAM, LIBER.
CLASS III.: ÆTIOLOGY.
I.: GALENI, DE DIFFERENTIIS MORBORUM ET CAUSIS, SYMPTOMATUMQUE.
BOOK I.: GALENI DE DIFFERENTIIS MORBORUM.
BOOK II.: GALENI, DE CAUSIS MORBORUM.
BOOK III.: GALENI, DE SYMPTOMATUM DIFFERENTIIS.
BOOK IV.: GALENI, DE SYMPTOMATUM CAUSIS.
II.: GALENI, DE DIFFERENTIIS FEBRIUM, LIBRI DUO.
III.: GALENI DE INÆQUALI INTEMPERIE LIBER.
IV.: GALENI, DE MARCORE SIVE MARASMO LIBER.
V.: GALENI, DE COMATE, LIBELLUS APUD HIPPOCRATEM.
VI.: GALENI, DE TREMORE, PALPITATIONE, RIGORE, ET CONVULSIONE LIBER.
VII.: GALENI, DE DIFFICULTATE RESPIRATIONIS, LIBRI TRES.
VIII.: GALENI, DE (PLENITUDINE, VEN. ED.) MULTITUDINE LIBER.
IX.: GALENI, DE TUMORIBUS PRÆTER NATURAM LIBER.
X.: GALENI, DE MORBORUM TEMPORIBUS LIBER.
XI.: GALENI, DE TOTIUS MORBI TEMPORIBUS.
XII.: GALENI, DE TYPIS LIBER, VEL COMMENTARIUS.
XIII.: GALENI, AD EOS QUI DE TYPIS SCRIPSERUNT LIBER.
XIV.: GALENI, DE CAUSIS PROCATARCTICIS LIBER.a
XV.: GALENI, IN HIPPOCRATIS DE MORBIS VULGARIBUS, COMMENTARII.
XVI.: GALENI, IN LIBRUM SECUNDUM HIPP. DE MORBIS VULG: COMMENT. SECUNDUS.
XVII.: GALENI, IN LIB. TERTIUM HIPPOC. DE MORB. VULG. COMMENT. TRES.
GALENI IN SEXTUM H. DE MORB. POPULARIBUS. LIBRI SEX.
GALENI, RELIQUUM SEXTI COMMENTARII IN SEXTUM DE MORB. POP. LIBRUM.
GALENI IN SEXTUM HIPPOC. DE MORB. VULG. COMMENTARIUS SEPTIMUS.
GALENI, IN SEXTUM HIPPOC. DE MORB. VULG. COMMENTARIUS OCTAVUS.
XIX.: GALENI IN LIB. HIPPOC. DE HUMORIBUS, COMMENTARII TRES.
CLASS IV.: SEMEIOTICS.
I.: GALENI, DE LOCIS AFFECTIS, LIBRI SEX.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
II.: GALENI, DE PULSIBUS LIBELLUS, AD TYRONES.
III.: GALENI DE PULSUUM DIFFERENTIIS. LIB. QÚATUOR.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
IV.: GALENI, DE DIGNOSCENDI PULSIBUS. LIBRI QUATUOR.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
V.: GALENI DE CAUSIS PULSUUM. LIBRI QUATUOR.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
VI.: GALENI, DE PRÆSAGATIONE EX PULSIBUS, LIBRI QUATUOR.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
VII.: GALENI, SYNOPSIS LIBRORUM SUORUM, SEXDECIM, DE PULSIBUS.
VIII.: GALENI, DE URINIS, LIBER SPURIUS.
IX.: GALENI, DE CRISIBUS, LIBRI TRES.
X.: GALENI, DE DIEBUS DECRETORIIS, LIBRI TRES.
XI.: GALENI, IN PRIMUM PRORRHETICI LIBRUM HIPPOC. COMMENT. TRES.
XII.: GALENI, IN PROGNOSTICA HIPPOCRATIS, COMMENT. TRES.
XIII.: GALENI, DE DIGNOTIONE EX INSOMNIIS LIBELLUS.
XIV.: GALENI, DE PRÆCOGNITIONE LIBER.
CLASS V.: OF PHARMACY.
I.: GALENI, DE SIMPL. MEDICAMENT. FACULTATIBUS, LIBRI UNDECIM.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOKS VI. TO IX.
BOOK X.
BOOK XI.
II.: GALENI DE SUBSTITUTIS MEDICINIS LIBER.
III.: GALENI, DE PURGANTIUM MEDICAMENTORUM FACULTATE.
IV.: GALENI, QUOS PURGARE CONVENIAT, QUIBUS MEDICAMENTIS, ET QUO TEMPORE, LIBER.
V.: GALENI, DE THERIACA, AD PISONEM, LIBER.
VI.: GALENI, DE USU THERIACÆ, AD PAMPHILIANUM, LIBER.
VII.: GALENI, DE ANTIDOTIS, LIBRI DUO.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
VIII.: GALENI, DE COMPOSITIONE MEDICAMENTORUM LOCALIUM, LIBRI DECEM.
BOOK I.
BOOK II.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
BOOK VIII.
BOOK IX.
BOOK X.
IX.: GALENI, DE COMPOSITIONE MEDICAMENTORUM PER GENERA, LIBRI SEPTEM.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV., V.
BOOK VI.
BOOK VII.
X.: GALENI, DE PONDERIBUS ET MENSURIS LIBELLUS,—SPURIUS.
CLASS VI.: OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF CLINICAL PRACTICE.a
I.: GALENI, DE HIRUDINIBUS, REVULSIONE, CUCURBITULA ET SCARIFICATIONE.
II.: GALENI, DE VENÆSECTIONE ADVERSUS ERASISTRATUM LIBER.
III.: GALENI, DE VENÆSECTIONE ADVERSUS ERASISTRATÆOS QUI ROMÆ DEGEBANT.
IV.: GALENI, DE CURANDI RATIONE PER SANGUINIS MISSIONEM LIBER.
CLASS VII.: THERAPEUTICS.
I.: GALENI, DE MEDENDI METHODO, SEU DE MORB. CURANDIS, LIBRI QUATUOR-DECEM.
II.: GALENI, DE ARTE CURATIVA, SEU RATIONE MEDENDI, LIBRI DUO.
III.: GALENI, IN LIBRUM HIPPOC. DE VICTUS RATIONE IN MORB. ACUTIS, COMM. QUATUOR.
GALENI, DE DIÆTA HIPPOCRATIS IN MORBIS ACUTIS.
IV.: GALENI, DE REMEDIIS PARATU FACILIBUS LIBELLUS.
V.: LIBER DE MEDICINIS FACILE PARABILIBUS, GALENO ASCRIPTUS, LIB. SECUNDUS.
VI.: LIBER DE MEDICINIS FACILE PARAB. GALENO ASCRIPTUS. LIB. TERTIUS.
VII.: GALENI DOCUMENTUM DE PUERO EPILEPTICO.
VIII.: GALENO ASCRIPTUS LIBER DE INCANTATIONE, ADJURATIONE, ET SUSPENSIONE.
IX.: GALENI IN LIB. DE NATURA HUMANA, COMMENTARIUS SECUNDUS.
X.: GALENI, DE OCULIS THERAPEUTICON.—SPURIUS.
XI.: GALENO ASCRIPTUS LIBER DE RENUM AFFECTUUM DIGNOTIONE ET MEDICATIONE.
XII.: GALENI, IN HIPPOCRATEM DE OFFICINA MEDICI.—COM. TRES.
XIII.: GALENI IN LIB. HIPPOCRATIS DE FRACTURIS, COMMENT. TRES.
XIV.: GALENI, IN LIB. HIPPOC. DE ARTICULIS, COMMENT. QUATUOR.
XV.: GALENUS DE FASCIIS.
XVI.: ORIBASIUS, DE LAQUEIS, EX HERACLE.
XVII.: ORIBASIUS, DE MACHINAMENTIS, EX HELIODORO.
ADDITIONAL CLASS.a
SPURII GALENO ASCRIPTI LIBRI.a
I.: GALENI LIBER DE HISTORIA PHILOSOPHICA.
II.: PROGNOSTICA DE INFIRMORUM DECUBITU, EX MATHEMATICA SCIENTIA.
III.: GALENI, DE PARTIBUS ARTIS MEDICÆ.
III.: GALENO ATTRIBUTUS LIBER DE DYNAMIDIIS.
IV.: GALENO ATTRIBUTUS LIBER ALTER DE DYNAMIDIIS.
V.: GALENO ASCRIPTUS LIBER DE SPERMATE.
VI.: DE NATURA ET ORDINE CUJUSLIBET CORPORIS.
VII.: DE ANATOMIA PARVA. ASCRIPTUS GALENO.
VIII.: DE ANATOMIA VIVORUM.
IX.: DE ANATOMIA OCULORUM.
X.: DE COMPAGINE MEMBRORUM, SIVE DE NATURA HUMANA.
XI.: DE VIRTUTIBUS NOSTRUM CORPUS DISPENSANTIBUS.
XII.: DE VOCE ET ANHELITU. TRACTATUS QUATUOR.
XIII.: DE UTILITATE RESPIRATIONIS.
XIV.: COMPENDIUM PULSUUM.
XV.: DE MOTIBUS MANIFESTIS ET OBSCURIS.
XVI.: DE DISSOLUTIONE CONTINUA CORPORIS HUMANI.
XVII.: DE AQUIS, EX GALENO, ET ALIIS PRÆSTANTISSIMIS MEDICIS.
XVIII.: DE VINIS. EX GALENO.
XIX.: PRÆSAGIUM EXPERIENTIA CONFIRMATUM.
XX.: DE URINÆ SIGNIFICATIONE, EX HIPPOCRATE.
XXI.: DE SIMPLICIBUS MEDICAMINIBUS.
XXII.: DE VIRTUTE CENTAUREÆ.
XXIII.: DE CATHARTICIS.
XXIV.: DE GYNÆCEIS, ID EST, DE PASSIONIBUS MULIERUM.
XXV.: LIBER SECRETORUM.
XXVI.: DE MEDICINIS EXPERTIS, VEL MEDICINALIS EXPERIMENTATIO.
XXVII.: DE MELANCHOLIA, EX GALENO, RUFO, ET POSSIDONIO, AB AETIOa CONSCRIPTA.
XXVIII.: DE CURA ICTERI.
XXIX.: DE CURA LAPIDIS.
XXX.: QUÆSITA ASCRIPTA GALENO, IN HIPPOC. DE URINIS.
XXXI.: LIBER DE HUMORIBUS.
XXXII.: DE PLANTIS. TRANSLATUS DE ARABICO.
XXXIII.: DE CLYSTERIBUS ET COLICA.
FRAGMENTS.
Liste des Livres de Galien, tirée de l’édition de Chartier.
HISTORIA LITERARIA CLAUDII GALENI.