Translation and commentary of the Hippocrates treatise 'The illness of girls'

De Virginibus traditionally belongs to Cnidian gynecologic treatises. The comparison with De Mulieribus shows a great difference in the physiology of menstruation and its diseases. The author, by explaining intelligence by the participation of heart and blood, is far from De Morbo sacro and draws ne...

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Published in:History and philosophy of the life sciences 1993, Vol.15 (2), p.147-163
Main Author: Bonnet-Cadilhac, C
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Female
Greece, Ancient
Gynecology - history
Hippocrates
History of medicine
History, Ancient
Humans
Manuscripts, Medical as Topic - history
Menstruation Disturbances - history
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Summary:De Virginibus traditionally belongs to Cnidian gynecologic treatises. The comparison with De Mulieribus shows a great difference in the physiology of menstruation and its diseases. The author, by explaining intelligence by the participation of heart and blood, is far from De Morbo sacro and draws near to Aristole's conceptions. Moreover, its vocabulary and rhetoric style indicate that this fragment can be attributed to a physician of Aristotle's period or later.
ISSN:0391-9714