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

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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Call Number: QM455 .R63 2003

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.