After the ancient "Oath" of the father of Medicine, the Medicus Hippocraticus by Adamantios Korais is a second spiritual legacy for those who have dedicated their lives to the service of suffering humanity.

Today, when health has gained high priority in our lives but has simultaneously caused obsession and anxiety in our pursuit of a healthy lifestyle, with the obvious negative consequences for many concerned healthy individuals, texts like that of Korais remain relevant. They may serve as an antidote to the manufactured panics of the past and future, or, additionally, be seen as another response to the primarily humanitarian crisis of contemporary medicine.

It is a luxurious reprint of the doctoral dissertation of the great Neo-Hellenic physician-philosopher and teacher Adamantios Korais, 222 years after its first publication! The original Latin text, titled Medicus Hippocraticus, is accompanied by a vivid translation and detailed prefaces by Nikolaos A.E. Kalospyrou.