Galen on Bloodletting: A Study of the Origins, Development and Validity of his Opinions, with a Translation of the Three Works - Couverture souple

Brain, Peter

 
9780521106542: Galen on Bloodletting: A Study of the Origins, Development and Validity of his Opinions, with a Translation of the Three Works
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ISBN 10 : 0521106540 ISBN 13 : 9780521106542
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

For more than two thousand years, almost all doctors in the West used bloodletting to treat a great variety of diseases and conditions. In an attempt to find out why they acted thus, Dr Brain has translated the three works on bloodletting by the second-century physician Galen, which provide by far the most comprehensive account of the practice in antiquity. This is the first published version of these works in a modern language. After a brief summary of Galen's medical system, the author goes on to consider the origins of Galen's ideas and methods, with particular reference to the Hippocratic writings, and the question why Galen, in common with most of the ancient physicians, believed in the efficacy of the comedy. The effects of bloodletting are considered in terms of modem physiology and medicine, and the possibility is explored that it may indeed have been beneficial in the conditions prevailing in Galen's time.

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For more than two thousand years, almost all doctors in the West used bloodletting to treat a great variety of diseases and conditions. In an attempt to find out why they acted thus, Dr Brain has translated the three works on bloodletting by the second-century physician Galen, which provide by far the most comprehensive account of the practice in antiquity. This is the first published version of these works in a modern language. After a brief summary of Galen's medical system, the author goes on to consider the origins of Galen's ideas and methods, with particular reference to the Hippocratic writings, and the question why Galen, in common with most of the ancient physicians, believed in the efficacy of the comedy. The effects of bloodletting are considered in terms of modem physiology and medicine, and the possibility is explored that it may indeed have been beneficial in the conditions prevailing in Galen's time.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521106540
ISBN 13 
9780521106542
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
204
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ISBN 10 :  0521320852 ISBN 13 :  9780521320856
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1986
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