PREFACE 



still in his footsteps. Therefore in considering 

 our debt to Greek medicine I shall look to the 

 Hippocratic method, rather than to specific 

 points of practice, referring to these more by 

 way of illustration. 



I have to thank my friend, Dr. Frederic S. 

 Lee, Research Professor of Physiology in 

 Columbia University, for his valuable sugges- 

 tions upon reading my manuscript; also the 

 New York Academy of Medicine for the privi- 

 leges of its great medical library courteously 

 extended. My friend, Professor Heidel of 

 Wesleyan University has aided me throughout 

 my work with books and counsel, and has had 

 the kindness to read my proof and advise with 

 me regarding it. His eminence in the field of 

 Hippocratic studies and early Greek philoso- 

 phy is known to all scholars. The italics in the 

 text are due to Professor Hadzsits, one of the 

 Editors in this series, who is also responsible 

 for the " Outline, briefly showing the influence 

 of Greek Biology and Medicine," printed as 

 an Appendix to this volume. 



Henry Osborn Taylor 



New York, 

 October, 1022. 



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