Galen on the brain : anatomical knowledge and physiological speculation in the second century.

This book is a study of the ways in which Galen sought to establish the brain as the regent part (hegemonikon) of the body, utilising a rigorous anatomical epistemology and an often sophisticated (but perforce limited) set of physiological arguments Part One surveys the medical and philosophical pas...

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Main Author: Rocca, Julius, 1956-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill, 2003.

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 26.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.

Subjects:

Galen.

Brain > Anatomy.

Neurophysiology.

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