A considerable number of ancient medical texts has not been yet edited drawing on the whole manuscript tradition. This is also the case of the treatise On Affections, a medical book traditionally transmitted as a part of the Hippocratic Corpus. This volume offers the first critical edition of On Affections that considers the whole manuscript and printed tradition. It also includes an exhaustive account of the history of the text, a translation into English and a commentary.
On Affections is unique among the Hippocratic writings in that it presents itself...
A considerable number of ancient medical texts has not been yet edited drawing on the whole manuscript tradition. This is also the case of the trea...
