Research Catalog

Title

Galen on diseases and symptoms / Ian Johnston.

Author

Johnston, Ian, 1939-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

Galen.

Description

ix, 334 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

Galen's treatises on the classification and causation of diseases and symptoms are an important component of his prodigious oeuvre, forming a bridge between his theoretical works and his practical, clinical writings. In these four treatises (only one of which has been previously translated into English), Galen not only provides a framework for the exhaustive classification of diseases and their symptoms as a prelude to his analysis of their causation, but he also attempts to establish precise definitions of all the key terms involved. Unlike other of his works, these treatises are notably moderate in tone, taking into account different views on structure and causation in a relatively even-handed way. Nonetheless, they are a clear statement of the Dogmatic position on the theoretical foundations of medicine in his time.

Alternative Title

On diseases and symptoms

Subject

• Disease > classification
• Disease > etiology
• Galen
• History, Ancient
• Medicine > Early works to 1800
• Medicine > Terminology > Early works to 1800
• Medicine, Greek and Roman
• Rome

Genre/Form

• Early works.
• Terminology

Note

• Contains four of Galen's treatises, three previously untranslated.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-328) and index.

Language (note)

• Translated into English.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1, Introduction: General introduction ; Galen's life and works ; Galen's philosophical and medical antecedents ; Definitions and terminology ; The classification of diseases and symptoms ; Causation in diseases and symptoms -- pt. 2, Translation: On the differentiae of diseases ; On the causes of diseases ; On the differentiae of symptoms ; On the causes of symptoms I[-III].

ISBN

• 0521865883 (hardback)
• 9780521865 883 (hbk.)

LCCN

• ^^2006023480
• 9780521865883

OCLC

70660140

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library