About the medical arts

Japanese: 《医術について》 - いじゅつについて
About the medical arts

…Years of birth and death unknown, active during the reign of Emperor Tiberius (14-37 AD). He is said to have written a large-scale encyclopedia covering all academic subjects, but only one work remains, entitled On the Healing Art, which includes the famous quote "Hippocrates separated medicine from philosophy" in its preface. Based on the excellent works of the Hippocratic and Alexandrian schools of medicine in ancient Greece, this work provides a clear and appropriate explanation of medicine in general, covering physiology, pathology, drugs, surgery, and even health regimens, in a total of eight volumes. Along with Galen's extensive works, it is an indispensable historical resource for the study of the history of medicine. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "About Medical Practice" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…生没年不詳,ティベリウス帝の治下(後14‐37)に活動。学問全般を網羅する大規模な百科全書を著したとされるが,〈ヒッポクラテスは医学を哲学から分離した〉という名言を序説に掲げた《医術について》と題する作品しか伝存しない。これは古代ギリシアのヒッポクラテス医学派,アレクサンドリアの医学派などのすぐれた著作を踏まえて,生理・病理・薬剤・外科手術など,さらには養生法に至るまで,医学全般を全8巻の中に明確・適切に解説したもので,ガレノスの膨大な著作とともに,医学史研究にとって不可欠の史料である。…

※「《医術について》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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