Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs -  Galen

Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs

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Buch | Hardcover
236 Seiten
2003
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-81242-9 (ISBN)
109,95 inkl. MwSt
This work lucidly describes the ways in which foods were thought to affect the body and were in turn affected by it, and contains revealing snippets of social comment. This book provides a full translation together with a detailed introduction, commentary and discussion of terminology.
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.

Owen Powell is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland and a retired physician. John Wilkins is Reader in Greek Literature at the University of Exeter and has written or edited several books on food in antiquity. He is currently producing an edition of Galen's De alimentorum facultatibus for the Budé series of classical texts.

Foreword John Wilkins; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Galen's medical and scientific terminology; Translation; Commentary; Appendix I. List of plants; Appendix II. List of fishes; Ancient sources; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.1.2003
Übersetzer Owen Powell
Vorwort John Wilkins
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 236 mm
Gewicht 515 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
Studium Querschnittsbereiche Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
ISBN-10 0-521-81242-9 / 0521812429
ISBN-13 978-0-521-81242-9 / 9780521812429
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