Research Catalog

Title

Selected works / Galen ; translated with an introduction and notes by P.N. Singer.

Author

Galen

Publication

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

Singer, P. N. (Peter N.), 1962-

Description

lii, 448 p.; 19 cm.

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 Statement

World's classics

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. English. 1997
• World's classics

Alternative Title

Works. 1997

Subject

• Galen
• Philosophy, Ancient
• Medicine, Ancient
• Philosophy > history

Note

• 'Chronology': p. [l]-lii.
• Notes: p. [397]-436.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [xlv]-xlix) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0192824503 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^96038821^

OCLC

• 35627558
• SCSB-12033230

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library