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Overview
The Hippocratic Corpus contains many contributions from across the medical field. Some of these contributions were put into two sections of the corpus called Diseases of Women I and Diseases of Women II. The sections go into detail on concepts such as abortion, obstetrical notes, and early forms of gynecology.

Lack of Fertility
The Diseases of Women details that an infertile woman with a low menstruation rate may have a bent cervix that essentially blocks the pathway. It offers a few treatments in the way of treating a bent cervix depending on the how the generating seed is washed down and the length of time it takes for that to happen. Options are offered for treating the uterus, head, and body depending on the observation of the seed.

Summation of Menses
Menses is another way of wording menstruation or blood flow discharge from the uterus. There are multiple sections within the works dedicated to different types of menses along with their understood meanings of the time. There is a large portion dedicated to what a doctor should expect of standard meses along with some slight variations.

Average Menses
Within the Diseases of Women I, the average amount of menses for healthy women should be somewhere around a half pint for around two-three days (Hanson, 575).

The flow itself is considered to require the viewers judgment but does go on to say that it should flow like a blood from a sacrificial lamb, indicating the timeframe of the work, and that the blood should coagulate readily. The health of an individual or even their likelihood of pregnancy was remarked upon by evaluating the length of the menstruation. A menstruation period longer than four days was thought to be an indicator of more delicate embryos. Less than three days is said to indicate robust and healthy individuals but would lead to likely infertility.

Complications of Childbirth
The lochia and its presence is noted along with other possible complications after childbirth. Uterus sensitivity, lower back pain, aches across the body, swelling, and chills are all noted to be expected. Fever is the outlier that have different treatments based on the treaty.

Without a fever
Bathing with oils along with lily oil rubbed on the woman's head is recommended. Oil should also be applied to her uterus. Vapor baths in general are the main focus for treatment after childbirth

With a fever
The change with a fever is to avoid bathing. Vapor treatment with an application using a hot towel is recommended on her lower stomach and back. A diet of boiled meal with rue or barley gruel is recommended seemingly for with or without a fever.

Reactions of the Women
A paragraph is dedicated to the experience in childbirth of the woman in question affecting the post childbirth reactions. Women are noted to not have an understanding of what sickness they may have or the pride of the woman causing her to not discuss their symptoms. The paragraph pleads for doctors themselves to be well versed in the possible post birth diseases that women may have and know how to spot it themselves

Hippocrates' contribution to medicine
Hippocrates was born c. 460 BCE in the island of Kos, Greece. Born into a family of priests, Hippocrates inherited the opportunity to practice medicine. However, he did not want to solely be an extension of his blood line and continue the practice given to him under familial circumstances. At the time, he was opposed to the existing measures that made the practice of medicine heavily influenced by supernatural forces. He did not share in the belief that diseases were sent from God and that any disease could be cured if one was propitiated of God through some sort of ritual or certain sacrifices. For example, he was the first to describe epilepsy not as a sacred disease sent from the divine, but rather a disease of the brain that was also hereditary. In addition to being opposed to his inheritance of opportunity, Hippocrates took that opposition and with it he decided to swing the doors of opportunity wide open and establish the School of Kos. Once he established his school, he harnessed the ability to teach the art of medicine to those who were considered outsiders to the practice of medicine at the time. He inspired what is called the Hippocratic oath, which was where doctors would promise to treat their patients with the upmost respect and would try to cure them of any problems the best they could. Known as the father of medicine, Hippocrates was an admirable physician and teacher during his time. When considered among fellow Ancient Greek philosophers and physicians, Hippocrates was considered the most influential in the evolution of medicine as a science. He focused on a natural approach to medicine, expressing that there had a be a comprehensive understanding of the patient's health, as well as harmony between nature and the individual.

Treatment in medicine
The Hippocratic Corpus ultimately expanded the world of treatment in medicine. Essentially, the main takeaway of the Hippocratic Corpus was that it viewed the body as bits that include the organs, lungs, liver, kidneys and openings which include the eyes and ears which are linked by tubs and phoebes and threads known as neura. Hippocrates ideology that was highlighted in the Hippocratic Corpus was the method of treating illnesses in natural ways rather than religious ways of turning to the Gods for healing. The philosophy of "healthy mind in a healthy body.” was the main message for treatment. There had to be balance therefore the mind and body need to be both taken care of. Many of the treatment methods that were put forth in the Hippocratic Corpus are still in place today. The first step of treatment is that a physician examines the ill patient looking for any symptoms. Once symptoms are found, the physician treats the patient.

On Diseases
The Hippocratic Corpus had descriptions of many different diseases and medical conditions. Disease was referred to as the word "moisture". Diseases were typically placed into two different categories" acute disease and chronic disease. The acute diseases were of higher concern due to the fact that it causes more deaths than others. The classification of diseases in the two different categories helps physicians determine a treatment plan best fit for the symptoms easier. Many diseases such as  gastritis, diabetes, coma, paralysis, mania, panic, hysteria, epilepsia, cancer, arthritis were named in the Hippocratic Corpus.

Jaundice
Jaundice is a disease that is mentioned numerous times throughout and is described as occurring in five ways. Jaundice is when the skin or eyes turn yellow. The Greek physicians thought of Jaundice to be a disease itself rather than what medical professionals know now to be a symptom of various other diseases. The Greeks also believed that there were five kinds of jaundice that can occur and report the differences between them.

The first kind can quickly turn fatal. The skin appears to be green. The analogy made in the text is that the skin is greener than a green lizard. The patient will have fevers, shiver, and the skin becomes very sensitive. In the mornings, sharp pains occur in the abdominal region. If the patient survives more than two weeks, they have a chance of recovery. The treatments suggest drinking a mixture of milk and other nuts and plants in the morning and at night. The second form develops only during the summer because it was believed the heat of the sun causes bile, a dark green fluid produced by the liver, to rest underneath the skin. This causes a yellowish color to the skin, and pale eyes and urine. The scalp also develops a crusty substance. The treatment calls for several baths a day on top of the mixture mentioned in the first remedy. Surviving past two weeks with this form of jaundice was rare. In two other forms of this disease, occurring during the winter, set in due to drunkenness, chills, and the excess production of phlegm. The last form is the least fatal and most common. It is associated with eating and drinking too much. The symptoms include yellow eyes and skin, fever, headache, and weakness. The treatment however, it very different from the rest. The physician will draw blood from the elbows, and advise to take hot baths, drink cucumber juice, and induce vomiting to clear the bowels. If the treatment is followed, a full recovery is possible. The several forms of jaundice that the Greek physicians proclaimed might be because jaundice occurs due to varying sicknesses like hepatitis, gallstones and tumors. The diverse set of symptoms were probably the effects of the sicknesses rather than the jaundice itself.

Medical ethics and manners[edit]
The duties of the physician are an object of the Hippocratic writers' attention. The series of texts composing the Corpus educates readers on the practices of identifying symptoms in patients, diagnosis, prognosis, treatments, ethics, and bedside manner. In Ancient Greece, being a man of high morals went hand in hand with being a morally just physician. A famous maxim (Epidemics I.11) advises: "As to diseases, make a habit of two things—to help, or at least to do no harm." The Hippocratic Corpus emphasized that a physician should really have a grasp of the human anatomy and understand how the spine is related to the nervous system. The understanding of how the spine relates to the nervous system is what will help a physician medically treat a patient.

The most famous work in the Hippocratic Corpus is the Hippocratic Oath, a landmark declaration of medical ethics. The Hippocratic Oath is both philosophical and practical; it not only deals with abstract principles but practical matters such as removing stones and aiding one's teacher financially. It is a complex and probably not the work of one man. It remains in use, though rarely in its original form.

The preamble of On the Physician offers "a physical and moral portrait of the ideal physician", and the Precepts also concern the physician's conduct. Treatises such as On Joints and Epidemics VI are concerned with the provision of such "courtesies" as providing a patient with cushions during a procedure, and Decorum includes advice on good manners to be observed in the doctor's office or when visiting patients.