Details

Subject(s)

• Herodicus of Babylon [Browse]
• Plato [Browse]

Series

• Routledge revivals. [More in this series]
• Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademiens handlingar ; 51, 2. [More in this series]
• Kungl. Vitterhets historie och antikvitets akademiens handlingar ; 51, 2 [More in this series]

Summary note

Originally published in 1941. Herodicus was a Greek physician of the fifth century BC, and a native of Selymbria. The first use of therapeutic exercise for the treatment of disease and maintenance of health is credited to him, and he is believed to have been one of the tutors of Hippocates.

Notes

Translated from the Swedish.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

In English and Ancient Greek.

ISBN

• 0-429-03183-1
• 0-429-62732-7
• 0-429-62896-X

OCLC

1103917312

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