Editing Hippocrates (section)

==Hippocratic Corpus==
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[[Image:HippocraticOath.jpg|thumb|left|upright=.8|A 12th-century [[Byzantine empire|Byzantine]] manuscript of the Oath in the form of a [[cross]]]]

The Hippocratic Corpus (Latin: ''Corpus Hippocraticum'') is a collection of around seventy early medical works collected in [[Alexandrian period|Alexandrian Greece]].<ref name="Iniesta2011">{{harvnb|Iniesta|2011|p=d688}}</ref> It is written in [[Ionic dialect|Ionic Greek]]. The question of whether Hippocrates himself was the author of any of the treatises in the corpus has not been conclusively answered,<ref name="singer27">{{Harvnb|Singer|Underwood|1962|p=27}}</ref> but modern debate revolves around only a few of the treatises seen as potentially authored by him. Because of the variety of subjects, writing styles and apparent date of construction, the Hippocratic Corpus could not have been written by one person (Ermerins numbers the authors at nineteen).<ref name="britannica"/> The corpus came to be known by his name because of his fame; possibly all medical works were classified under 'Hippocrates' by a librarian in [[Alexandria]].<ref name="marti86"/><ref name="margotta64"/><ref>{{harvnb|Smith|2002}}</ref> The volumes were probably produced by his students and followers.<ref name="hanson">{{Harvnb|Hanson|2006}}</ref>

The Hippocratic Corpus contains textbooks, lectures, research, notes and philosophical essays on various subjects in medicine, in no particular order.<ref name="singer27"/><ref name="rutkow23">{{Harvnb|Rutkow|1993|p=23}}</ref> These works were written for different audiences, both specialists and laymen, and were sometimes written from opposing viewpoints; significant contradictions can be found between works in the Corpus.<ref name="sing28">{{Harvnb|Singer|Underwood|1962|p=28}}</ref> Among the treatises of the Corpus are ''[[Hippocratic Oath|The Hippocratic Oath]]''; ''The Book of Prognostics''; ''On Regimen in Acute Diseases''; ''[[s:Aphorisms|Aphorisms]]''; ''On Airs, Waters and Places''; ''Instruments of Reduction''; ''On The Sacred Disease''; etc.<ref name="britannica"/>

===Hippocratic Oath===
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The Hippocratic Oath, a seminal document on the [[ethics]] of medical practice, was attributed to Hippocrates in antiquity although new information shows it may have been written after his death. This is probably the most famous document of the Hippocratic Corpus. Recently, the authenticity of the document's author has come under scrutiny. While the Oath is rarely used in its original form today, it serves as a foundation for other, similar [[oath]]s and laws that define good medical practice and morals.<ref name="wma.net">{{harvnb|WMA}}</ref> Such derivatives are regularly taken by modern medical graduates about to enter medical practice.<ref name="marti86"/><ref name="jones217">{{Harvnb|Jones|1868|p=217}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Rahman|1966|pp=56–62}}</ref>