Galen : on the properties of foodstuffs : introduction, translation and commentary / edited and translated by Owen Powell ; foreword by John Wilkins.
Tipo de material: TextoDetalles de publicación: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007 Descripción: XXVI, 206 p. : il.; 23 cmISBN: 9780521036207Tema(s): Galen -- Alimentorum facultatibus | Food -- Early works to 1800 | Nutrition -- Early works to 1800 | Galeno -- Crítica e interpretación | Nutricion -- HistoriaTipo de ítem | Biblioteca de origen | Signatura | URL | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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Monografías | 06. BIBLIOTECA HUMANIDADES | 875Galeno/GAL (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Texto completo | Disponible Ubicación en estantería | Bibliomaps® | 3744140267 |
Translated from the Latin.
This translation originally published: 2002.
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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.
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
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