On Airs, Waters And Places (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781162677194)

On Airs, Waters and Places is a medical treatise written by Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine. The book is divided into three parts and discusses the relationship between the environment and human health. In the first part, Hippocrates examines the influence of air on human health, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of various types of air. In the second part, he focuses on water, discussing the importance of clean water and the dangers of polluted water. In the third part, he discusses the influence of climate and geography on health, emphasizing the importance of a healthy environment for maintaining good health. The book is considered one of the earliest works on environmental medicine and has had a significant impact on the field of public health. It is still studied today as a foundational text in the history of medicine.I wish to show, respecting Asia and Europe, how, in all respects, they differ from one another, and concerning the figure of the inhabitants, for they are different, and do not at all resemble one another. To treat of all would be a long story, but I will tell you how I think it is with regard to the greatest and most marked differences. I say, then, that Asia differs very much from Europe as to the nature of all things, both With regard to the productions of the earth and the inhabitants, for everything is produced much more beautiful and large in Asia; the country is milder, and the dispositions of the inhabitants also are more gentle and affectionate. The cause of this is the temperature of the seasons, because it lies in the middle of the risings of the sun towards the east, and removed from the cold (and heat), for nothing tends to growth and mildness so much as when the climate has no predominant quality, but a general equality of temperature prevails.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Hippocrates
ISBN-10: 1162677198
ISBN-13: 9781162677194
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2010
Pages: 36
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.07d