Praxagoras of Cos on arteries, pulse and pneuma : fragments and interpretation /

Praxagoras of Cos on arteries, pulse and pneuma : fragments and interpretation /

The distinction that Praxagoras of Cos (4th-3rd c. BC) made between arteries and veins and his views on pulsation and pneuma are two significant turning points in the history of ideas and medicine. In this book Orly Lewis presents the fragmentary evidence for this topic and offers a fresh analysis o...

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Main Author: Lewis, Orly.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 48.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.

Subjects:

Praxagoras, > of Kōs, > approximately 340 B.C.- > Criticism and interpretation.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Cardiovascular system > Early works to 1800.
Arteries > Early works to 1800.
Veins > Early works to 1800.
Pulse > Early works to 1800.
Soul > Early works to 1800.

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Call Number: R126.P7

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Life and works
  • Praxagoras and the history of medicine and philosophy
  • The present study
  • Part I. The fragments
  • Introduction to the fragments and source-authors
  • The fragments
  • The source-authors
  • Part II. The doctrines of Praxagoras
  • Praxagoras on arteries and pulse
  • What are the arteries?
  • The origins of Praxagoras' conception of arteries
  • The role of pneuma
  • Conclusion
  • The doctrines of Praxagoras
  • Praxagoras in context : the place of his doctrines in the history of Greco-Roman medicine and philosophy.