On Airs, Waters, and Places
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On Airs, Waters, and Places is an ancient Greek medical treatise attributed to Hippocrates that examines how environmental factors such as climate, water quality, and geography influence human health and disease.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| On Airs, Waters, and Places canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Hippocratic treatise
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ancient Greek medical treatise ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early environmental medicine
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early medical geography ⓘ humoral theory ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Hippocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Hippocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulatedAs | part of Hippocratic medical teaching ⓘ |
| contains |
advice for physicians on choosing healthy locations
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comparisons of Asian and European peoples ⓘ ethnographic observations linked to climate ⓘ guidance on assessing winds, waters, and seasons ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| describes |
how city orientation affects health
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how different climates affect constitutions of populations ⓘ how different seasons affect disease patterns ⓘ how different winds affect disease patterns ⓘ how marshy environments affect health ⓘ how water sources influence disease ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
influence of airs (climate) on human health
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influence of places (geography) on human health ⓘ influence of waters on human health ⓘ |
| genre |
medical text
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medical treatise ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman medicine
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development of epidemiology ⓘ development of public health thought ⓘ later Greek medicine ⓘ medieval European medicine ⓘ medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
climate and health
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environmental determinants of health ⓘ epidemiology ⓘ geography and disease ⓘ public health ⓘ water quality and health ⓘ |
| partOf | Hippocratic Corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalBasis | naturalistic explanation of disease ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposes |
environmental factors contribute to endemic diseases
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environmental factors contribute to epidemic diseases ⓘ physicians should study local environment before treating patients ⓘ |
| rejects | purely supernatural explanations of disease ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classics
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history of medicine ⓘ history of public health ⓘ |
| titleElement |
Airs
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Places ⓘ Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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