Open AccessA note on the eclecticism of Hippocrates
Author(s) -
Jacqueline Davies
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1984.v52.i1.710
Subject(s) - eclecticism , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , literature , classics , history , art , theology
The article examines some suggested influences on Hippocrates in the work of Alcmeon and Diogenes, assesses their importance and concludes that Hippocrates attempted to reconciled what he found useful in their theories with mainly empirical approach to anatomy and medicine