Felix Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I am preparing for high school science. My son is in the 8th grade. I've decided that the 8th grade will be a transition year, transitioning from logic to rhetoric studies. Thus, we are beginning some of the high school/rhetoric level suggestions in TWTM this year. I see there are many volumes of Hippocrates medical treatises available. Has anyone ventured into any of the others? (Copied from Amazon: The other works available in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Hippocrates are the following. Volume I: Ancient Medicine. Airs, Waters, Places. Epidemics 1 and 3. The Oath. Precepts. Nutriment. Volume II: Prognostic. Regimen in Acute Diseases. The Sacred Disease. The Art. Breaths. Law. Decorum. Physician (Ch. 1). Dentition. Volume III: On Wounds in the Head. In the Surgery. On Fractures. On Joints. Mochlicon. Volume IV: Nature of Man. Regimen in Health. Humours. Aphorisms. Regimen 1–3. Dreams. Volume V: Affections. Diseases 1–2. Volume VI: Diseases 3. Internal Affections. Regimen in Acute Diseases. Volume VII: Epidemics 2 and 4–7. Volume IV also contains the fragments of Heracleitus, On the Universe.) Volume VIII: Places in Man. Glands. Fleshes. Prorrhetic 1-2. Physician. Use of Liquids. Ulcers. Haemorrhoids and Fistulas. I am considering allowing my son to review the above volumes and pick whchever one interests him the most, but there must be a good reason SWB suggested Volume 8. Does anyone have any insight into this? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'm still interested in thoughts on this topic. Volume 8 is $25 from Amazon. When buying two copies (one for me, one for son), the price is a little steep. If it's worth it, I'm willing, but I'd like to hear from others who have read Volume 8 or Aphorisms (the other option by Hippocrates listed in TWTM). I'm also curious if one of these is listed in TWTM by accident. Aphorisms is listed under the Ninth Grade Science Source Readings list. Volume 8 is listed in the Resources section under Biology (9th grade) Basic Texts. Is one a misprint? Thoughts? Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jyniffrec Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I am considering using this book so I would like to hear others' opinions as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 We were able to check Aphorisms out from a local med school's library and another book that held portions of the material from Volume 8 and have decided to purchase Aphorisms. I am still interested in hearing from others who have studied these books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 We have just changed our mind and will be reading sections of this book: http://www.amazon.com/Hippocratic-Writings-Penguin-Classics-Various/dp/0140444513/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top#_. It includes Aphorisms, but it also includes The Oath, The Canon, and other interesting Hippocratic works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 I wouldn't recommend ancient science at that age, as it is a little, ah, odd in places. However, all of Loebs that are out of copyright (most of them, including your Hippocrates examples) are available for free download from either google books or the internet archive. Here's a big list of them. Great for e-readers: http://www.edonnelly.com/loebs.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 However, all of Loebs that are out of copyright (most of them, including your Hippocrates examples) are available for free download from either google books or the internet archive. Here's a big list of them. Great for e-readers: http://www.edonnelly.com/loebs.html Wow, thanks so much for that link! :hurray: Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 These lectures are interesting (so far, haven't finished). http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=8128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 These lectures are interesting (so far, haven't finished). http://www.thegreatc...l.aspx?cid=8128 Thank you for this suggestion. I've recently learned of The Great Courses and hadn't thought to check to see if they had on option for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felix Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 I wouldn't recommend ancient science at that age, as it is a little, ah, odd in places. However, all of Loebs that are out of copyright (most of them, including your Hippocrates examples) are available for free download from either google books or the internet archive. Here's a big list of them. Great for e-readers: http://www.edonnelly.com/loebs.html Please tell me more about what you mean by "odd in places." :) Thanks for the link! Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Please tell me more about what you mean by "odd in places." :) Thanks for the link! Awesome! Well, a lot of Greek medicine is based on the four humors, and your sickness and your temperament can be predicted based on how out of balance your humors are. The Greeks thought that the heart (or perhaps the stomach) was the locus of thought. The direction of the prevailing winds of a city could be used to predict what general medical ailments the inhabitants would have. And lots of other things like this that just seem odd today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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