Bøger af Galen

Galen was probably the greatest medical writer of antiquity and certainly the most prolific. His Anatomical Procedures (c. 200 CE) embodies the results of a lifetime of practical research; it is largely based on verbatim notes of lectures delivered during actual demonstrations of dissection. The work comprises fifteen books, of which only the first eight-and-a-half have survived in the original Greek. An Arabic translation of the complete work has survived, however, and this has made possible the translation of the final six-and-a-half books (parts of book 9 and books 10-15). Duckworth's translation was originally made from a German translation of 1906, but for this 1962 edition it was revised by Lyons, working directly from the Arabic text, with the co-operation of Towers. Modern names for the parts of the body are inserted in brackets, and an anatomical index is supplied.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

In On Temperaments, Galen of Pergamum sets out his concept of the combination of the four elemental qualities (hot, cold, wet, and dry), which is fundamental to his account of the structure and function of human, animal, and plant bodies. Two related works explore disturbances in this combination and their consequences.

In Method of Medicine, Galen (129--199 CE) provides a comprehensive and influential account of the principles of treating injury and disease. Enlivening the detailed case studies are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and personal reflections.

A new edition of On Antecedent Causes, Galen's fascinating treatise on causal theory. The text is accompanied by the first translation of the treatise into a modern language. The volume also contains notes on Galen's life and work on the background to his causal theory, and on the history of the text itself.

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. As such, they remained an integral component of the medical teaching curriculum well into the second millennium. This edition was originally published in 2006. In these four treatises (only one of which had 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.

This book presents a translation of and detailed commentary on Galen's De alimentorum facultatibus - his major work on the dynamics and kinetics of various foods. It is thus primarily a physiological treatise rather than a materia medica or a work on pathology. Galen commences with a short section on the epistemology of medicine, with a discussion on the attainment, through apodeixis or demonstration, of scientific truth - a discussion which reveals the Aristotelian roots of his thinking. The text then covers a wide range of foods, both common and exotic. Some, such as cereals, legumes, dairy products and the grape, receive an emphasis that reflects their importance at the time; others are treated more cursorily. Dr Powell, an expert in gastroenterology, discusses Galen's terminology and the background to his views on physiology and pathology in his introduction, while John Wilkins' foreword concentrates on the structural and cultural aspects of the work.

Herausgegeben von der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Die Corpora der antiken Ärzte (Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, Corpus Medicorum Latinorum) haben die Aufgabe, die erhaltenen Schriften aller griechischen und lateinischen medizinischen Autoren, einschließlich der Fragmente aus nicht vollständig überlieferten Werken, vom 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum Ausgang der Antike in textkritischen Editionen mit Übersetzungen (wahlweise in Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch) und erschöpfenden Namen- und Wortverzeichnissen vorzulegen. Die Ausgaben können um Kommentare erweitert sein, die den Text in sachlicher, sprachlicher und textkritischer Hinsicht erschließen. Für die Konstituierung der edierten Texte, die in ihrem Charakter als historisch-kritische Ausgaben zuverlässige Quellen für die Erforschung der Geschichte der antiken Medizin bereitstellen, werden sämtliche bekannten primären und sekundären Überlieferungsträger ausgewertet, was sich zum einen auf die mittelalterlichen Handschriften und die frühen Drucke, zum anderen auf Exzerpte und Übersetzungen in lateinischer, arabischer, hebräischer oder syrischer Sprache bezieht. Die Ausgaben sind so angelegt, dass sie über einen langen Zeitraum hin im internationalen Maßstab die wissenschaftlich maßgebenden Editionen darstellen. Zum Akademievorhaben Corpus Medicorum Graecorum/Corpus Medicorum Latinorum: http://www.bbaw.de/bbaw/Forschung/Forschungsprojekte/cmg/de/Ueberblick

Herausgegeben von der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Die Corpora der antiken Ärzte (Corpus Medicorum Graecorum, Corpus Medicorum Latinorum) haben die Aufgabe, die erhaltenen Schriften aller griechischen und lateinischen medizinischen Autoren, einschließlich der Fragmente aus nicht vollständig überlieferten Werken, vom 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. bis zum Ausgang der Antike in textkritischen Editionen mit Übersetzungen (wahlweise in Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch) und erschöpfenden Namen- und Wortverzeichnissen vorzulegen. Die Ausgaben können um Kommentare erweitert sein, die den Text in sachlicher, sprachlicher und textkritischer Hinsicht erschließen. Für die Konstituierung der edierten Texte, die in ihrem Charakter als historisch-kritische Ausgaben zuverlässige Quellen für die Erforschung der Geschichte der antiken Medizin bereitstellen, werden sämtliche bekannten primären und sekundären Überlieferungsträger ausgewertet, was sich zum einen auf die mittelalterlichen Handschriften und die frühen Drucke, zum anderen auf Exzerpte und Übersetzungen in lateinischer, arabischer, hebräischer oder syrischer Sprache bezieht. Die Ausgaben sind so angelegt, dass sie über einen langen Zeitraum hin im internationalen Maßstab die wissenschaftlich maßgebenden Editionen darstellen. Zum Akademievorhaben Corpus Medicorum Graecorum/Corpus Medicorum Latinorum: http://www.bbaw.de/bbaw/Forschung/Forschungsprojekte/cmg/de/Ueberblick

One of the most widely read of all classical texts during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, this volume represents the distillation of Galenus' views on the nature, genesis, proper classification and treatment of disease.

Galen (129-199 CE) crystallized all the best work of the Greek medical schools which had preceded his own time, including Hippocrates' foundational work six hundred years earlier. It is in the form of Galenism that Greek medicine was transmitted to later ages.

In his treatises Hygiene, Thrasybulus, and On Exercise with a Small Ball, Galen of Pergamum addresses topics of preventive medicine, health, and wellness that continue to resonate with practices of modern doctors and physical therapists.

In his treatises Hygiene, Thrasybulus, and On Exercise with a Small Ball, Galen of Pergamum addresses topics of preventive medicine, health, and wellness that continue to resonate with practices of modern doctors and physical therapists.