Galen's theory of black bile : Hippocratic tradition, manipulation, innovation /

Galen's theory of black bile : Hippocratic tradition, manipulation, innovation /

In Galen's Theory of Black Bile: Hippocratic Tradition, Manipulation, Innovation Keith Stewart investigates Galen's writing on black bile to explain health and disease and shows that Galen sometimes presented this humour as three substances with different properties that can either be harm...

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Main Author: Stewart, Keith Andrew (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 51.
Studies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.

Subjects:

Galen.
Medicine, Greek and Roman.
Body fluids.

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Call Number: PA3997

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Galen and the History of Black Bile
  • Key Influences on Galen's Writing on Black Bile
  • Galen's Qualitative and Structural Characterisation of Black Bile
  • Galen's Distinction of Different Types of Black Bile
  • Galen's Explanation of Harmful Black Bile
  • The Cleansing of Harmful Black Bile from the Body
  • The Diseases Caused by Black Bile
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.