Dr. Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689): His Life and Original Writings

Dr. Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689): His Life and Original Writings presents for the first time Sydenham’s works in their original English, nearly three centuries after their initial publication. Known as the English Hippocrates, Sydenham revolutionized clinical medicine and helped free it from medieval traditions. This volume offers his unembellished seventeenth-century prose, untainted by the Latin retranslations that obscured his straightforward writing style in previous editions. It include...