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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674996526

ISBN-139780674996526

eBay Product ID (ePID)109199723

Product Key Features

Number of Pages624 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMethod of Medicine, Volume I : Books 1-4

SubjectAncient / Greece, General, History

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience, History, Medical

AuthorGalen

SeriesLoeb Classical Library

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight13.1 Oz

Item Length6.6 in

Item Width4.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2011-921281

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number516

Number of Volumes3 vols.

Volume Number3

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal610.938

SynopsisAntiquity's most prolific and influential medical writer and practitioner. Galen of Pergamum (129-?199/216), physician to the court of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was a philosopher, scientist, and medical historian, a theoretician and practitioner, who wrote forcefully and prolifically on an astonishing range of subjects and whose impact on later eras rivaled that of Aristotle. Galen synthesized the entirety of Greek medicine as a basis for his own doctrines and practice, which comprehensively embraced theory, practical knowledge, experiment, logic, and a deep understanding of human life and society. Method of Medicine is a systematic and comprehensive account of the principles of treating injury and disease and one of Galen's greatest and most influential works. Enlivening the detailed case studies are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and personal reflections. The Loeb Method of Medicine is in three volumes., In Method of Medicine , Galen provides a comprehensive and influential account of the principles of treating injury and disease. Enlivening the detailed case studies are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and personal reflections., Galen of Pergamum (129-?199/216), physician to the court of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, was a philosopher, scientist, and medical historian, a theoretician and practitioner, who wrote forcefully and prolifically on an astonishing range of subjects and whose impact on later eras rivaled that of Aristotle. Galen synthesized the entirety of Greek medicine as a basis for his own doctrines and practice, which comprehensively embraced theory, practical knowledge, experiment, logic, and a deep understanding of human life and society. New to the Loeb Classical Library is Method of Medicine , a systematic and comprehensive account of the principles of treating injury and disease and one of Galen's greatest and most influential works. Enlivening the detailed case studies are many theoretical and polemical discussions, acute social commentary, and personal reflections.

LC Classification NumberR126