A new edition of the venerable Hippocratic text on the human lymphatic system. In her introduction, Craik shows how On Glands fits into the body of Hippocrates' medical writings and places the work into the context of ancient scientific knowledge. The extensive commentaries examine the treatise in terms of the scientific content and in how Hippocrates (and his transcribers and translators) used language to describe that content. Her volume will be of particular interest to scholars of the history of science and medicine. Craik was professor of classics at Kyoto University, and is now affiliated with the University of St. Andrews and the University of Newcastle. The book includes modern diagrams of the lymphatic system. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)