Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Galien, Claude (0131?-0201?)
Titre(s) : On temperaments [Texte imprimé] ; On non-uniform distemperment ; The soul's traits depend on bodily temperament / Galen ; ed. and translated by Ian Johnston
Traduction de : De temperamentis
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) ; London, England : Harvard University Press,, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (CXIV-476 p.) ; 17 cm
Collection : Loeb classical library ; LCL 546
Lien à la collection : The Loeb classical library
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - "General bibliography": pages cxi-cxiv
Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages; critical matter in English.
"Galen of Pergamum (129-?199/216), physician to the court of the emperor Marcus Aurelius,
was a philosopher, scientist, medical historian, 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. This volume presents three works of the greatest importance to Galen's theory
and practice of medicine. 'On Temperaments' sets out Galen's concept of the combination
('krasis') of the four elemental qualities (hot, cold, wet, and dry), which is fundamental
to his account of the structure and function of the human body and of animal and plant
bodies generally, and is in turn essential to his theory of medical practice. The
two related works, 'On Non-Uniform Distemperment' and 'The Soul's Traits Depend on
Bodily Temperament', deal with specific aspects of 'dyskrasia', which is a disturbance
in the combination of these qualities. Appended are two related short treatises, 'On
the Best Constitution of Our Body' and 'On Good Bodily State'."
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Johnston, Ian (1939-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Galien, Claude (0131?-0201?). De temperamentis
Médecine
Genre ou forme : Ouvrages avant 1800
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-674-99738-7. - ISBN 0674997387 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46737878z
Notice n° :
FRBNF46737878
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : On temperaments -- ; On non-uniform distemperment -- ; The soul's traits depend on
bodily temperament -- ; Appendix.. Two short treatises. On the best constitution of
our body ; On good bodily state.
