title: Air, pneuma and breathing from Homer to Hippocrates.
abstract: This paper places Hippocratic views on respiration in the context of theories of respiration from Homer to the late fourth century BC. It distinguishes three stages in the development of thinking about respiration: an archaic period, an Empedoclean period, and an Aristotelian period. All three stages are represented in the Hippocratic Corpus.
authors.forename: Anthoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thivel
mesh_terms: D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008374:Manuscripts, Medical as Topic / Q000266:history*; D012119:Respiration