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Greek and Roman Medicine Laurence M.V. Totelin Cardiff University Lecture Outline The Hippocratic Oath: an unusual document Healers in the market place Secular and religious medicine Note: Greek and ‘Roman’ medicine Hippocrates and the Hippocratic Oath Very little information about Hippocrates – some information in the works of Plato and Aristotle Hippocratic Corpus: Collection of more or less 60 texts Written by various authors Written in a variety of styles Deal with various medical topics Grouped under the name of Hippocrates of Cos Most texts written end fifth century BCE or fourth centu