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Main description:
Galen of Pergamum (AD 129-c.216) was the most influential doctor of later antiquity, whose work was to influence medical theory and practice for more than fifteen hundred years. He was a prolific writer on anatomy, physiology, diagnosis and prognosis, pulse-doctrine, pharmacology, therapeutics, and the theory of medicine; but he also wrote extensively on philosophical topics, making original contributions to logic and the philosophy of science, and outlining a scientific epistemology which married a deep respect for empirical adequacy with a commitment to rigorous rational exposition and demonstration. He was also a vigorous polemicist, deeply involved in the doctrinal disputes among the medical schools of his day. This volume offers an introduction to and overview of Galen's achievement in all these fields, while seeking also to evaluate that achievement in the light of the advances made in Galen scholarship over the past thirty years.
Contents:
1. The man and his work R. J. Hankinson; 2. Galen and his contemporaries G. E. R. Lloyd; 3. Methodology Teun Tieleman; 4. Logic Ben Morison; 5. Language Ben Morison; 6. Epistemology R. J. Hankinson; 7. Psychology Pierluigi Donini; 8. Philosophy of Nature R. J. Hankinson; 9. Anatomy Julius Rocca; 10. Physiology Armelle Debru; 11. Therapeutics Philip van der Eijk; 12. Pharmacology Sabine Vogt; 13. Commentary Rebecca Flemming; 14. The fortunes of Galen Vivian Nutton.
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: August, 2008
Pages: 476
Dimensions: 152.00 x 233.00 x 31.00
Weight: 860g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: General Issues
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