Galen : Selected Works

by: Singer, P.N.

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Galen : Selected works

Authors:Galen, P. N. Singer

Summary:Galen (AD 129-99), researcher and scholar, surgeon and philosopher, logician, herbalist and personal physician to the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was the most influential and multi-faceted medical author of antiquity. This is the first major selection in English of Galen's work, functioning as an essential introduction to his "medical philosophy" and including the first-ever translations of several major works. A detailed Introduction presents a vivid insight into medical practice as well as intellectual and everyday life in ancient Rome

Series:
World's classics

Contents:
My own books
The order of my own books
The best doctor is also a philosopher
An exhortation to study the arts
To Thrasyboulos: Is healthiness a part of medicine or of gymnastics?
The affections and errors of the soul
The soul's dependence on the body
The construction of the embryo
Mixtures, Book I, Book II, Book III
The best constitution of our bodies
Good condition
The exercise with the small ball
The thinning diet
The pulse for beginners
The art of medicine

Galen : Selected Works

by: Singer, P.N.

• ISBN-13: 9780192824509 / 978-0-19-282450-9
• ISBN-03: 0192824503 / 0-19-282450-3
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997

Price: 14,38 EURO

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