The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1 of 2

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Excerpt from The Genuine Works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1 of 2: Translated From the Greek, With a Preliminary Discourse and Annotations That I have imposed upon myself a very serious additional task, by engaging not only to give a true version of the language of my author, but also to expound his Opinions, and place them, so to speak, in juxtaposition with those of the pre sent age, will be readily admitted', and I have reason perhaps to apprehend, that I have thereby exposed myself to the strictures of a certain class of critics, who have formed to themselves a very different ideal of the duties of a translator, fancying that he ought merely to concern himself with the words of the original author, and not venture to sit in judgment on the doc trines. I shall not attempt, however, any formal defence of the method which I have pursued, but may be allowed to remark, that, if I shall be found to have failed in satisfying the reasonable expectations of such readers as are sincerely desirous of becoming familiarly acquainted with the Opinions of an author, whom I verily believe to be the highest exemplar of professional excellence which the world has ever seen, it. Is not from want of zeal in the discharge of the arduous duties which I had undertaken. I have little left to say in this place respecting most of the critical subjects connected with the work, as I have entered at considerable length into the discussion of these matters in the Preliminary Discourse. It is proper, however, to acknowledge that I have derived great assistance from M. Littré's excellent edition, of which the parts already published embrace all the treatises here given, with the exception of the last four. On all occasions I have freely availed myself of his labours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.