Galen on the Brain: Anatomical Knowledge and Physiological Speculation in the Second Century AD (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 26) - Hardcover

Rocca, Julius

 
9789004125124: Galen on the Brain: Anatomical Knowledge and Physiological Speculation in the Second Century AD (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 26)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004125124 ISBN 13: 9789004125124
Publisher: Brill, 2003

Synopsis

This book is a study of the ways in which Galen sought to establish the brain as the regent part (hegemonikon) of the body, utilising a rigorous anatomical epistemology and an often sophisticated (but perforce limited) set of physiological arguments Part One surveys the medical and philosophical past in which the study of the brain occured, and looks at the materials and methods which Galen employs to legitimate his hegemonic argumentation. Part Two examines Galen's anatomical understanding of the brain, especially the ventricles. Part Three offers a critical evaluation of Galen's physiolgy of the brain. This is the first monograph to offer a detailed account of this subject, setting it within the cultural and intellectual contexts of its era, and will be of interest to those in classics, medical history, history andphilosophy of science and the history of ideas.

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About the Author

Julius Rocca, Ph.D. (1995) in Philosophy, University of Sydney, is a former Wellcome Trust Fellow in the History of Medicine, University of Cambridge. He is currently a Research Fellow in the History of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004125124
ISBN 13 
9789004125124
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
328