EditorialPortrait of Hippocrates. Unknown Artist (Flemish); written by Johannes Sambucus (Flemish, 1531-1584). Date: 1574. Dimensions: 198 ? 200 mm (image/plate); 311 ? 217 mm (sheet). Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper. Origin: Flanders.
EditorialInitial 'Q', Hippocrates medicating a patient.The bed-ridden patient is probably suffering from a fever, and Hippocrates, who is depicted as a contemporary university physician, seems to be administering a liquid from a sponge or shallow dish. De Regim...
EditorialHippocrates of Kos (460-370 BC). Greek Physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece). Father of Western Medicine. Drawing by Fonollosa, 20th century.
EditorialReduction of a dislocated mandible by a Greek surgeon, from the Commentary with illustrations of Apollonius of Kitum (1st century BC) on Hippocrates, found in a 9th century Greek surgical manuscript. Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy.
EditorialThe predicted plague; value of the prediction, planetary and atmospheric influences considered as cause of black death and other plagues; comets and plagues of two thousand years detailed. Queen Elizabeth in Richmond; Her Majesty's book of astrology an...
EditorialHippocrates of Kos (460-370 BC). Greek Physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece). Father of Western Medicine. Drawing by Fonollosa, 20th century.
EditorialHippocrates of Cos (ca. 460-370 BC). Ancient Greek physician. He is referred to as the father of Western medicine. Founder of the Hippocratic School of medicine.
EditorialPortrait of Hippocrates. Unknown Artist (Flemish); written by Johannes Sambucus (Flemish, 1531-1584). Date: 1574. Dimensions: 198 ? 200 mm (image/plate); 311 ? 217 mm (sheet). Etching, with engraving, on cream laid paper. Origin: Flanders.
EditorialHippocrates and Bryso debate the Quadrature of the Circle. Topica and Analytica in the Latin version of Boethius, with a fragment of a version of the Ethics. Early 14th century. Source: Royal 12 D II, f. 10r.
EditorialInitial 'Q', Hippocrates medicating a patient.The bed-ridden patient is probably suffering from a fever, and Hippocrates, who is depicted as a contemporary university physician, seems to be administering a liquid from a sponge or shallow dish. De Regim...
EditorialFull-page miniature of a richly-dressed man in a red and grey costume with gold spurs and a falcon on his wrist against a green background; he sits atop a grey horse with a decorative bridle and saddle [?]. Behind him is a castle and in front of him, ...
EditorialJasper intaglio: The Three Graces, Imperial, ca. 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Hematite, black jasper, Other: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm), Gems, Amulet: on the obverse, Three Graces. On the reverse, seated Hippocrates.
EditorialHippocrates of Kos (460-370 BC). Greek Physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece). Father of Western Medicine. Drawing by Fonollosa, 20th century.
EditorialHippocrates of Cos (ca. 460-370 BC). Ancient Greek physician. He is referred to as the father of Western medicine. Founder of the Hippocratic School of medicine.
EditorialTop: Constantinus Africanus teaching. Bottom: Galenus and and pupils. From the medical texts of Hippocrates with the commentaries of Galen in the version of Constantius Africanus of Monte Cassino. Paris, around 1306 Codex 2315, folio 1 recto.