TY  - BOOK
AU  - Powell,Owen
TI  - Galen: on the properties of foodstuffs : introduction, translation and commentary 
SN  - 9780521036207
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Galeno
KW  - Galen
KW  - Alimentorum facultatibus..
KW  - Food
KW  -  Early works to 1800
KW  - Nutrition
KW  - Nutricion
KW  - Historia
N1  - Translated from the Latin; This translation originally published: 2002; Índice; Bibliografía; Foreword John Wilkins; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Galen's medical and scientific terminology; Translation; Commentary; Appendix I. List of plants; Appendix II. List of fishes; Ancient sources; References; Index
N2  - This book presents a translation of and detailed commentary on Galen's De alimentorum facultatibus - his major work on the dynamics and kinetics of various foods. It is thus primarily a physiological treatise rather than a materia medica or a work on pathology. Galen commences with a short section on the epistemology of medicine, with a discussion on the attainment, through apodeixis or demonstration, of scientific truth - a discussion which reveals the Aristotelian roots of his thinking. The text then covers a wide range of foods, both common and exotic. Some, such as cereals, legumes, dairy products and the grape, receive an emphasis that reflects their importance at the time; others are treated more cursorily. Dr Powell, an expert in gastroenterology, discusses Galen's terminology and the background to his views on physiology and pathology in his introduction, while John Wilkins' foreword concentrates on the structural and cultural aspects of the work.A most accurate translation of this fascinating workAn extensive introduction to and commentary on the workDiscussion of the medical aspects of the work illuminated by the specialized knowledge and experience of an expert in gastroenterology
ER  -