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...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden :
Brill,
2003.
سلاسل:
Studies in Ancient Medicine
26.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: QM455 .R63 2003
- 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.