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The Cambridge companion to Galen / edited by R.J. Hankinson. [electronic resource]

The Cambridge companion to Galen / edited by R.J. Hanki...

The Cambridge companion to Galen / edited by R.J. Hankinson. [electronic resource]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw6Jq2ZM

The Cambridge companion to Galen / edited by R.J. Hankinson. [electronic resource]

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to Galen / edited by R.J. Hankinson. [electronic resource]

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Uniform title

Cambridge companions online.

Alternative title

BOOK

Record Identifier

74VKVw6Jq2ZM

MMS ID

991023962485502626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

1 online resource (xxi, 450 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Content type

text

Media type

computer

Carrier type

online resource

Contents

The man and his work / R.J. Hankinson -- Galen and his contemporaries / G.E.R. Lloyd -- Methodology / Teun Tieleman -- Logic / Ben Morison -- Language / Ben Morison -- Epistemology / R.J. Hankinson -- Psychology / Pierluigi Donini -- Philosophy of nature / R.J. Hankinson -- Anatomy / Julius Rocca --...

Publication information

Publisher

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

2008.

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Subjects and topics

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Summary

Galen of Pergamum (AD 129-c.216) was the most influential doctor of later antiquity, whose work was to influence medical theory and practice for more than fifteen hundred years. He was a prolific writer on anatomy, physiology, diagnosis and prognosis, pulse-doctrine, pharmacology, therapeutics, and the theory of medicine; but he also wrote extensiv...

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Full title

The Cambridge companion to Galen / edited by R.J. Hankinson. [electronic resource]

Variant title

Cambridge companions online.

BOOK

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General note

Cambridge companions to philosophy

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-433) and index.

Language note

English

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Record Identifier

74VKVw6Jq2ZM

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw6Jq2ZM

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ISBN

1-139-00190-6

1-139-81689-6

DDC

610.92

MMS ID

991023962485502626

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