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Kos Hippocrates & Asclepius: All You Need to Know About the Island's Myths, Legends, and its Gods
Jill Dudley
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Description for Kos Hippocrates & Asclepius: All You Need to Know About the Island's Myths, Legends, and its Gods
Paperback. About Hippocrates and his new approach to medicine and his break with the tradition of treating the sick in the Temple of Asclepius, where his father was a Physician priest. One of six Greek islands booklets. Series: "Put it in Your Pocket" Series of Booklets. Num Pages: 16 pages, lyne on cover. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 1QDAG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 150 x 105 x 16. Weight in Grams: 20.
In this booklet Jill Dudley writes about Hippocrates who was born on Kos, whose father was a temple priest-physician serving Asclepius, god of healing. She describes Hippocrates' pioneering approach to medicine, and his break with the traditional belief that sickness was an infliction imposed by the gods. It is as the back cover of the booklet says: all you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.
In this booklet Jill Dudley writes about Hippocrates who was born on Kos, whose father was a temple priest-physician serving Asclepius, god of healing. She describes Hippocrates' pioneering approach to medicine, and his break with the traditional belief that sickness was an infliction imposed by the gods. It is as the back cover of the booklet says: all you need to know about the island's myths, legends and its gods.
Product Details
Publisher
Orpington Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
"Put it in Your Pocket" Series of Booklets
Condition
New
Number of Pages
16
Place of Publication
Stockland, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780993489075
SKU
V9780993489075
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