Download or read book The Medical Writings of Anonymus Londinensis written by Anonymus Londinensis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1947, this volume provides a dual-text English translation of the Anonymus Londinensis papyrus, an important document of Ancient Greek medical and philosophical ideas from the second century AD. The text also contains a generous introduction, additional notes, together with essays on the nature of Greek thought and medicine. This is a highly informative book that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Classical ideas on health and physiology.