The Invention of Medicine : From Homer to HippocratesAuthor: Lane Fox, Robin Classical history classical civilisation Published on 7 July 2022 by Penguin Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 432 pages 128 x 198 x 28 332g Longlisted for the RUNCIMAN AWARD, 2021Medicine is one of the great fields of achievement of the Ancient Greeks. Hippocrates is celebrated worldwide as the father of medicine and the Hippocratic Oath is admired throughout the medical profession as a founding statement of ethics

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