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Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-11 - Publisher: JHU Press
Galen is the most important physician of the Roman imperial era. Many of his theories and practices were the basis for medical knowledge for centuries after his
Language: en
Pages: 292
Pages: 292
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-11 - Publisher: JHU Press
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 perspect
Language: en
Pages: 367
Pages: 367
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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 As
Language: en
Pages: 424
Pages: 424
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-25 - Publisher: BRILL
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 Gre
Language: en
Pages: 230
Pages: 230
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-04 - Publisher: Routledge
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