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The genuine works of Hippocrates, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Chapter 46: EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES TO VOL. I.
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The volume presents English translations of the corpus attributed to Hippocrates accompanied by a preliminary discourse and extensive annotations. It surveys the origins of Greek medicine and offers a sketch of the physician's life, evaluates the authenticity of individual treatises, and explains the physical philosophy behind their hypotheses. Translations of foundational clinical writings address the influence of environmental factors, methods of prognosis, and principles of medical practice; editorial arguments and notes aim to clarify obscure passages and relate ancient doctrines to readers with contemporary medical and scholarly knowledge.

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES TO VOL. I.

PLATE I.

Fig. 1. The Saw used by carpenters. (Taken from Chirurgia è Græco in Latinum conversa, Vido Vidio interprete Lutetiæ Parisiorum, p. 115.)

2. A small Saw. (Ibid.)

3. The Modiolus, or ancient Trephine. (Ibid.)

4. The Terebra, or Trepan, called Abaptiston. (Ibid. p. 116.)

5. The Auger used by carpenters. (Ibid. p. 116.)

6. The Terebra, or Trepan, which is turned round by a thong bound tight about its middle. (Ibid. p. 117.)

7. The Auger, or Trepan, which is turned round by a bow. (Ibid. p. 118.)

8. A Terebra, or Trepan, which is turned round by a thong on a cross-beam. (Ibid. p. 119.)

9. A Terebra, or Trepan, which has a ball in its upper end, by which it is turned round. (Ibid. p. 120.)

10. A Terebra, or Trepan, which is turned round by a cross piece of wood, or handle, on its upper end. (Ibid. p. 120.)

PLATE II.

Fig. 1. A Terebra, or Trepan, turned round by a handle in its middle. (Ibid. p. 122.) It resembles the centre-bit of modern artisans.

  • 1. A hole into which the iron head is fixed.
  • 2. Upright part, three inches long.
  • 3. Cross part, one inch long.
  • 4. The part which is grasped in turning the instrument.
  • 5. Cross part, an inch long.
  • 6. Upright part.
  • 7. A ball fixed to the top.
  • A. B. C. Different forms of the iron head fixed in the hole 1.

Fig. 2. Scalper rectus, or straight Raspatory. (Ibid. p. 123.)

3. Scalper in medio recurvatus, or bent Raspatory. (Ibid. p. 123.)

4, 5, 6. Ancient Modioli, as represented by Pott (Injuries of the Head, p. 153).

PLATE III.

Figs. 1 and 2. A Scalper, or Raspatory, with which the moderns scrape the bone. (Chirurgia è Græco, &c., p. 125.)

3. Scalper cavus or scooped Raspatory. (Ibid. p. 126.)

4. A Lenticular. (Ibid. p. 127.)

5. A Malleolus, or Mallet. (Ibid. p. 126.)

6. A Lever, by which modern surgeons protect the dura mater, and raise a depressed bone. (Ibid. p. 128.)

7. The ancient Meningophylax. (Ibid. p. 128.)

8. Forfex excisoria, or Cutting Scissors. (Ibid. p. 129.)

9. A Forceps, used for extracting bones. (Ibid. p. 130.)