PREFACE

This book completes the Loeb translation of Hippocrates. Preparing this volume has occupied all my spare time for over five years. The most laborious part of the process was the collation of the manuscripts: Urb. 64, A, M, V, θ, C', Holkhamensis, and Caius 50/27. I have not quoted all the variants—perhaps not even the majority of them. The rule I have attempted to follow is to record only those readings that are intrinsically interesting or that significantly affect the meaning. The readings documented by my predecessors are often incorrectly transcribed; knowing from experience the risk of error in collations, however carefully performed, I am certain that there are some mistakes in the notes within this volume. The readings of Urb. 64 are printed here for the first time, as are many from the manuscripts M and V.

I wish to thank my pupil, Mr. A. W. Poole, for his help in preparing the index.

W. H. S. J.