PREFACE

This book completes the Loeb translation of Hippocrates. The work of preparing the volume has taken all my leisure for over five years, the most laborious part being the collation of the manuscripts Urb. 64, V. M., A., & C. Holkhamensis and Caius 50. I have not quoted all the variants, perhaps not the greater number of them; the rule I have tried to follow is to record only those readings that are intrinsically interesting and those that seriously affect the meaning. The readings recorded by my predecessors are often wrongly transcribed; knowing by experience the risk of mistakes in collations, however carefully done, I am sure that there are some errors in the notes in this volume. The readings of Urb. 64 are here printed for the first time, as also are many from the manuscripts V. M.

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