Hippocratic Writings (Penguin Classics)

Hippocrates was a creator of the building blocks of modern medicine. Nearly 1,400 years after he penned his famous oath and cemented all medical practitioners in an agreement of behavior and ethics, it is still an internationally observed work. Hippocratic Writings reveals a wide range of writing and thought, including some technical works on embryology, surgery and anatomy but mainly thoughts that pertain to the layperson. A pioneer of Western medicine, the good name of Hippocrates has always remained synonymous with integrity.