The Hippocratic corpus contains many works on specific aspects of medicine, as well as a more general work, Aphorisms, containing more than 400 pithy statements. Among other gems, Aphorisms contains a list of the diseases the Hippocratic practitioners associated with the seasons. Hippocratic medicine is linked to the four humors, which correspond with the four seasons. The following list of Hippocratic Seasonal Diseases comes from the Internet Classical Library's translation of the Aphorisms, by Francis Adams, Part 3, sections 20-23.
1. Spring Diseases
- maniacal
- melancholic
- and epileptic disorders
- bloody flux
- quinsy
- coryza
- hoarseness
- cough
- leprosy
- lichen alphos
- exanthemata mostly ending in ulcerations
- tubercles
- and arthritic diseases.
2. Summer Diseases
- continued, ardent, and tertian fevers
- most especially vomiting
- diarrhoea
- ophthalmy
- pains of the ears
- ulcerations of the mouth
- mortifications of the privy parts
- and the sudamina.
3. Autumn Diseases
- quartan
- and irregular fevers
- enlarged spleen
- dropsy
- phthisis
- strangury
- lientery
- dysentery
- sciatica
- quinsy
- asthma
- ileus
- epilepsy
- maniacal and melancholic disorders.
4. Winter Diseases
- pleurisy
- pneumonia
- coryza
- hoarseness
- cough
- pains of the chest
- pains of the ribs and loins
- headache
- vertigo
- and apoplexy.
