They were collected at the time of the Alexandrian School, and it became
customary to write commentaries upon them; much of the most important
information we have about them, we derive from Galen. The earliest
manuscript is the "Codex Laurentianus" of Florence, dating from the
ninth century, a specimen page of which (thanks to Commendatore Biagi)
is annexed. Those of you who are interested, and wish to have full
references to the various works attributed to Hippocrates, will find
them in "Die Handschriften der antiken Aerzte" of the Prussian Academy,
edited by Diels (Berlin, 1905). The Prussian Academy has undertaken the
editorship of the "Corpus Medicorum Graecorum." There is no complete
edition of them in English. In 1849 the Deeside physician, Adams,
published (for the Old Sydenham Society) a translation of the most
important works, a valuable edition and easily obtained. Littre's
ten-volume edition "OEuvres completes d'Hippocrate," Paris, 1839-1861, is
the most important for reference. Those of you who want a brief but
very satisfactory account of the Hippocratic writings, with numerous
extracts, will find the volume of Theodor Beck (Jena, 1907) very useful.
I can only indicate, in a very brief way, the special features of the
Hippocratic writings that have influenced the evolution of the science
and art of medicine.
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