Galen : on diseases and symptoms

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Galen : on diseases and symptoms

Ian Johnston

Cambridge University Press, 2006

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De elementis secundum Hippocratem

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"This work started out as a PhD thesis at the University of New England, a thesis which itself began as a translation and analysis of Galen's 'De elementis secundum Hippocratem'"--Acknowledgements

Contains 4 of Galen's treatises, three previously untranslated

Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-328) and index

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Description

Galen's treatises on the classification and causation of diseases and symptoms are an important component of his prodigious oeuvre, forming a bridge between his theoretical works and his practical, clinical writings. As such, they remained an integral component of the medical teaching curriculum well into the second millennium. This edition was originally published in 2006. In these four treatises (only one of which had been previously translated into English), Galen not only provides a framework for the exhaustive classification of diseases and their symptoms as a prelude to his analysis of their causation, but he also attempts to establish precise definitions of all the key terms involved. Unlike other of his works, these treatises are notably moderate in tone, taking into account different views on structure and causation in a relatively even-handed way. Nonetheless, they are a clear statement of the Dogmatic position on the theoretical foundations of medicine in his time.

Table of Contents

  • Part I. Introduction: 1. General introduction
  • 2. Galen's life and works
  • 3. Galen's philosophical and medical antecedents
  • 4. Definitions and terminology: i. Definitions
  • ii. Causal terms
  • iii. General terms
  • iv. Diseases and symptoms
  • v. Conclusions
  • 5. The classification of diseases and symptoms: i. Introduction
  • ii. Diseases (de morborum differentiis)
  • iii. Symptoms (de symptomatum differentiis)
  • iv. Conclusions
  • 6. Causation in diseases and symptoms: i. Introduction
  • ii. Theories of disease causation prior to Galen
  • iii. Galen on causation
  • iv. Conclusions
  • Part II. Translation: Introduction
  • 1. On the differentiae of diseases
  • 2. On the causes of diseases
  • 3. On the differentiae of symptoms
  • 4. On the causes of symptoms I
  • 5. On the causes of symptoms II
  • 6. On the causes of symptoms III
  • Part III. Conclusions
  • Bibliography.

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