Greek Medicine: From the Heroic to the Hellenistic Age A Source Book
...Longriggs decades of scholarly research are apparent in his commentaries and synopses, for he has mastered all the sources.–IsisAn important source book not only for specialists but for anyone desiring an overview of medical issues reflected in Greek medical texts and literature from Homer to the Alexandrians. The chpater divisions reflect the extant themes of the ancient medical treatises, especially those attributed to Hippocratic authors, such as physiology, regimen, surgery, gynecology and anatomy. There is a very useful glossary of terms included in an appendix. This text will be a great adjunct to readings of the Hippocratic texts.–Religious Studies Review