Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing write by Susan P. Mattern. This book was released on 2008-08-11. Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examining his professional interactions in the context of the world in which he lived and practiced, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing provides a fresh perspective on a foundational figure in medicine and valuable insight into how doctors thought about their patients and their practice in the ancient world.
The Prince of Medicine
The Prince of Medicine - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Prince of Medicine write by Susan P. Mattern. This book was released on 2013. The Prince of Medicine available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a biography of the physician Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216), who began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society. --From publisher's description.
Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen
Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen write by Jacques Jouanna. This book was released on 2012-07-25. Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume makes available in English translation a selection of Jacques Jouanna's papers on Greek and Roman medicine, ranging from the early beginnings of Greek medicine to late antiquity.
Cutting Words - Polemical Dimensions of Galen's Anatomical Experiments
Cutting Words - Polemical Dimensions of Galen's Anatomical Experiments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cutting Words - Polemical Dimensions of Galen's Anatomical Experiments write by Luis Alejandro Salas. This book was released on 2020-11-23. Cutting Words - Polemical Dimensions of Galen's Anatomical Experiments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Luis Alejandro Salas’ book, Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen’s Anatomical Experiments, examines Galen’s experimental writing. In four case studies, it argues that Galen exploits writing as a surrogate for live performance and, in some cases, an improvement upon it.
Galen on Food and Diet
Galen on Food and Diet - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Galen on Food and Diet write by Mark Grant. This book was released on 2002-01-04. Galen on Food and Diet available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Galen, the personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote what was long regarded as the definitive guide to a healthy diet, and profoundly influenced medical thought for centuries. Based on his theory of the four humours, these works describe the effects on health of a vast range of foods including lettuce, lard, peaches and hyacinths. This book makes all his texts on food available in English for the first time, and provides many captivating insights into the ancient understanding of food and health.
