Galen's Method of Healing
Author | : Fridolf Kudlien |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : 9004092722 |
ISBN-13 | : 9789004092723 |
Rating | : 4/5 (723 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Galen's Method of Healing by : Fridolf Kudlien
Download or read book Galen's Method of Healing written by Fridolf Kudlien and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1991 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes papers presented in Kiel in 1982 on Galen's chief therapeutic manual, the Methodus medendi. The papers describe the composition of the book, its surgical content, its emphasis on logic, and its fortuna in medieval Islam and Renaissance Europe. No such study in depth of a major Galenic work has hitherto been attempted.