On Airs, Waters, and Places

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On Airs, Waters, and Places is an ancient Greek medical treatise attributed to Hippocrates that examines how environmental factors such as climate, water quality, and geography influence human health and disease.

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instanceOf Hippocratic treatise ⓘ
ancient Greek medical treatise ⓘ
associatedWith early environmental medicine ⓘ
early medical geography ⓘ
humoral theory ⓘ
attributedTo Hippocrates ⓘ
author Hippocrates ⓘ
circulatedAs part of Hippocratic medical teaching ⓘ
contains advice for physicians on choosing healthy locations ⓘ
comparisons of Asian and European peoples ⓘ
ethnographic observations linked to climate ⓘ
guidance on assessing winds, waters, and seasons ⓘ
dateWritten 5th century BCE ⓘ
describes how city orientation affects health ⓘ
how different climates affect constitutions of populations ⓘ
how different seasons affect disease patterns ⓘ
how different winds affect disease patterns ⓘ
how marshy environments affect health ⓘ
how water sources influence disease ⓘ
focusesOn influence of airs (climate) on human health ⓘ
influence of places (geography) on human health ⓘ
influence of waters on human health ⓘ
genre medical text ⓘ
medical treatise ⓘ
historicalPeriod Classical Greece ⓘ
influenced Roman medicine ⓘ
development of epidemiology ⓘ
development of public health thought ⓘ
later Greek medicine ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
medieval Islamic medicine ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTopic climate and health ⓘ
environmental determinants of health ⓘ
epidemiology ⓘ
geography and disease ⓘ
public health ⓘ
water quality and health ⓘ
partOf Hippocratic Corpus ⓘ
philosophicalBasis naturalistic explanation of disease ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
proposes environmental factors contribute to endemic diseases ⓘ
environmental factors contribute to epidemic diseases ⓘ
physicians should study local environment before treating patients ⓘ
rejects purely supernatural explanations of disease ⓘ
studiedIn classics ⓘ
history of medicine ⓘ
history of public health ⓘ
titleElement Airs ⓘ
Places ⓘ
Waters ⓘ

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