Hippocratic Corpus

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ancient Greek literature collection of medical texts medical treatise collection

The Hippocratic Corpus is a collection of ancient Greek medical texts traditionally attributed to Hippocrates and his followers, foundational to Western medicine’s early theories and clinical practice.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Hippocratic Oath 3
Hippocratic aphorisms 1
Hippocratic corpus 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek literature ⓘ
collection of medical texts ⓘ
medical treatise collection ⓘ
approximateNumberOfWorks about 60 ⓘ
associatedWith Hippocratic medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hippocratic school NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsWork Aphorisms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epidemics NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Acute Diseases NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Airs, Waters, Places NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Ancient Medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Decorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Diseases NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Fistulae NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Fractures NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Hemorrhoids NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Joints NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Prognostics NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Regimen NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Ulcers NERFINISHED ⓘ
On Wounds in the Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
On the Art NERFINISHED ⓘ
On the Nature of Man NERFINISHED ⓘ
On the Physician NERFINISHED ⓘ
On the Sacred Disease NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Law NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Oath NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreConcept clinical observation ⓘ
humoral theory of four humors ⓘ
natural causes of disease ⓘ
prognosis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
dateOfOrigin 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
describes dietetic regimens ⓘ
environmental influences on health ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ
fracture treatment ⓘ
surgical techniques ⓘ
symptoms and signs of diseases ⓘ
field clinical medicine ⓘ
humoral theory ⓘ
medical ethics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
genre medical literature ⓘ
scientific prose ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Corpus Hippocraticum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hippocratic Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluencedConcept Hippocratic method of clinical case histories ⓘ
professional ethics in medicine ⓘ
hasModernEdition critical editions in Greek with translations ⓘ
influenced Galenic medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age medicine ⓘ
Western medical tradition ⓘ
history of clinical observation ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
rejects supernatural explanations of most diseases ⓘ
studiedIn classics ⓘ
history of medicine ⓘ
timePeriod Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo Hippocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hippocratic medical tradition → associatedWith → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
Hippocratic medical tradition → ethicalText → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hippocratic Oath
Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis → influencedBy → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hippocratic aphorisms
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya → influencedBy → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hippocratic corpus
Nightingale Pledge for nurses → inspiredBy → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates → knownFor → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates → knownFor → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
Hippocrates → notableWork → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
Al-Hawi → usesSource → Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hippocratic writings