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.

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Call Number: QM455 .R63 2003

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- General Introduction: Galen and his time -- The development of the hegemonic concept: the medical and philosophical background -- Galen's methods and materials for the investigation of the brain -- The exposure and dissection of the brain -- The anatomy of the ventricular system -- A methodology of ventricular function -- The elaboration of psychic pneuma -- Conclusion -- The doctrine of ventricular localisation -- Galenism and the status of the retiform plexus -- Glossary of Anatomical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index of Sources and List of Editions -- General index -- Studies in Ancient Medicine. 
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