On the Therapeutic Method

Name: On the Therapeutic Method
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ISBN: 9780198244943

ISBN-10: 0198244940

ISBN-13: 9780198244943

Edition: 1991

Authors: Galen, R. J. Hankinson, R. J. Hankinson, R. J. Hankinson

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Hankinson provides here the first translation into any modern language of Galen's On the Therapeutic Method together with an introduction and a philosophical commentary. On the Therapeutic Method, written late in Galen's life, represents the distillation in its most complete form of Galen's views on the nature, genesis, proper classification, and treatment of disease. It was one of the most widely read of all classical texts during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and formed the core of the medical curriculum in the nineteenth century. It has been unjustly neglected in modern times. The first two books of the work contain a fascinating collection of views on scientific terminology and…

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List price: $145.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/26/1991
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 308
Size: 5.71" wide x 8.62" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English