Galen

An Anthology

Buch | Hardcover

592 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-064139-9 (ISBN)

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Galen of Pergamum (AD 129--c. 210), physician and philosopher, anatomist, logician, clinical and pharmacological theorist and researcher, and personal doctor to the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was the most influential and versatile medical author of the Graeco-Roman world. Galen: An Anthology provides the most comprehensive range of his medical, philosophical, and autobiographical works in English, each accompanied by a brief introduction and explanatory notes. Grouped by themes, the selected texts encompass the scope and variety of Galen's work, from the nature of his medical practice to the content of his philosophical theories.

This anthology includes revised translations of Galen's most accessible and interesting shorter works alongside fresh translations of excerpts from the most important longer ones--texts which are in many cases inaccessible or out of print. The translations rely on the latest scholarly research, and in the case of several works, on the findings of a recently discovered manuscript. The writings cover Galen's anatomical studies, physiological and philosophical theories, clinical practice, and the dramatic events of his high-profile career as physician to the imperial family at Rome. A voluminous author, Galen also reveals a variety of fascinating details on everyday life in the Roman world, including dietary practices, education, literary and intellectual culture, doctor--patient relationships, and bitterly conducted medical rivalries. A general introduction by the volume's editor gives a summary of Galen's work and intellectual contribution, discussing his position in the scientific and literary culture of his time and his immense legacy from antiquity down to today.

P. N. Singer is an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. His publications include several volumes in the Cambridge Galen Translations series; Time for the Ancients: Measurement, Theory, Experience; Mental Illness in Ancient Medicine: from Celsus to Paul of Aegina (co-edited with Chiara Thumiger) and The Oxford Handbook of Galen (co-edited with Ralph Rosen)

Acknowledgments
Translator's note
Introduction
Further reading
Chronology
Maps
Note on texts and editions

SECTION I. Life, Books, and Medical Career
1. Freedom from Distress
2. My Own Books
3. The Order of My Own Books
4. Prognosis (abridged)
5. Anatomical Procedures (excerpts)
6. An Exhortation to Study the Arts

SECTION II. Scientific Theory and Methodology
7. My Own Doctrines
8. The Best Doctor is also a Philosopher
9. The Best Method of Instruction
10. Sects for Beginners
11. The Art of Medicine

SECTION III. Human Bodies: Composition, Physiology, Embryology
12. The Elements according to Hippocrates (excerpts)
13. Mixtures (excerpts)
14. The Function of the Parts of the Human Body (excerpts)
15. The Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato (excerpts)
16. The Shaping of the Embryo

SECTION IV. Health, Diet, and Lifestyle
17. Best Constitution and Good Condition
18. Health (excerpts)
19. The Thinning Diet
20. The Exercise with the Small Ball

SECTION V. Diagnostic and Clinical Practice
21. The Pulse for Beginners
22. Affected Places (excerpts)
23. Simple Drugs (excerpts)

SECTION VI. Soul and Body
24. The Soul's Dependence on the Body
25. The Affections and Errors of the Soul

List of People Mentioned
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.06.2025
Zusatzinfo	3 maps
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 35 mm
Gewicht	800 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10	0-19-064139-8 / 0190641398
ISBN-13	978-0-19-064139-9 / 9780190641399
Zustand	Neuware