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Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Susan P. Mattern
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-11 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Examining his professional interactions in the context of the world in which he lived and practiced, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing provides a fresh perspect
The Prince of Medicine
Language: en
Pages: 367
Authors: Susan P. Mattern
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-03 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great disti
Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Susan P. Mattern
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-11 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Galen is the most important physician of the Roman imperial era. Many of his theories and practices were the basis for medical knowledge for centuries after his
Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen
Language: en
Pages: 424
Authors: Jacques Jouanna
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-25 - Publisher: BRILL

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This volume makes available in English translation a selection of Jacques Jouanna's papers on Greek and Roman medicine, ranging from the early beginnings of Gre
Galen on Food and Diet
Language: en
Pages: 230
Authors: Mark Grant
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-01-04 - Publisher: Routledge

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Galen, the personal physician of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, wrote what was long regarded as the definitive guide to a healthy diet, and profoundly influenced