Description: The Alexandrian Epitomes of GalenVolume 1: On the Medical Sects for Beginners; The Small Art of Medicine; On the Elements According to the Opinion of Hippocrates. A Parallel English-Arabic Text Author(s): Galen, John Walbridge Format: Hardback Publisher: Brigham Young University Press, United States Imprint: Brigham Young University Press ISBN-13: 9780842528405, 978-0842528405 Synopsis The second-century physician and philosopher Galen is not known for brevity. Although his writings on medicine are famously verbose and numerous, for centuries they constituted much of the standard syllabi for medical students. About fourteen hundred years ago, one or possibly several professors put together a series of epitomes of Galen's work. In contrast to Galen's rambling and argumentative style, these epitomes present the material dryly but clearly, offering systematic categorizations of concepts, symptoms, diseases, and organs. Originally written in Greek, The Alexandrian Epitomes of Galen can also be found in Arabic and Hebrew translations, and the epitomes have had a particularly profound influence on medical literature in the Arab world. This edition presents the Arabic and English versions side by side, with a fresh, modern, and authoritative translation by scholar John Walbridge. Often cited in medical texts in the following centuries, these epitomes present an admirably clear survey of Galenism as it was understood at the very end of antiquity.
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Book Title: The Alexandrian Epitomes of Galen
Item Height: 235mm
Item Width: 163mm
Author: Galen
Publication Name: The Alexandrian Epitomes of Galen: Volume 1: On the Medical Sects for Beginners; The Small Art of Medicine; On the Elements According to the Opinion of Hippocrates. A Parallel English-Arabic Text
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
Subject: Medicine
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 1072g
Number of Pages: 544 Pages
