Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria: Edition, Translation and EssaysHerophilus, a contemporary of Euclid, practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century B.C., and seems to have been the first Western scientist to dissect the human body. He made especially impressive contributions to many branches of anatomy and also developed influential views on many other aspects of medicine. Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece. Part 1 of the book presents the Greek and Latin texts accompanied by English translation and interpretative commentary. Significant background information is given in the introductory essay preceding each chapter. Part 2 briefly sketches the major developments within the Herophilean school after Herophilus, and discusses the individual members within it. Anyone interested in the history of science, the history of medicine, or intellectual history will find this book a rich source of information about an unusual and important aspect of Greek culture. |
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Contents
INTRODUCTION I | 1 |
LIFE | 35 |
WRITINGS | 67 |
THE PARTS OF THE ART OF MEDICINE | 89 |
THEORY OF METHOD AND CAUSE I 15 | 115 |
ANATOMY I 38 | 138 |
abdominal cavity | 161 |
reproductive organs | 165 |
T276T287 | 462 |
ANDREAS | 472 |
CALLIANAX | 478 |
CALLIMACHUS | 480 |
BACCHIUS | 484 |
XVZENO | 501 |
DEMETRIUS OF APAMEA | 506 |
HEOETOR | 512 |
vascular anatomy | 169 |
PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY | 242 |
Control centre nerves | 247 |
Respiration | 259 |
Vascular physiology pulselore On Pulses | 262 |
Male reproductive physiology spermatogenesis | 288 |
Herophilus Midwifery gynaecology | 296 |
Herophilus Against Common Opinions | 299 |
General pathological evidence semiotics | 301 |
Dream theory | 306 |
Ti3oT226d | 311 |
REGIMEN AND THERAPEUTICS | 397 |
Gymnastics 2 Herophilus Regimen 3 Herophilus Therapeutics general evidence 4 Materia medica 5 Herophilus On Eyes | 400 |
T22726o | 406 |
HIPPOCRATIC EXEGESIS VARIA | 427 |
T26iT275 | 432 |
THE HEROPHILEANS C 250 B C A D | 443 |
HEROPHILUS AND THE HEROPHILEANS | 445 |
MANTIAS | 515 |
DIOSCURIDES PHACAS | 519 |
CHRYSERMUS | 523 |
ZEUXIS PHILALETHES? | 529 |
ALEXANDER PHILALETHES | 532 |
APOLLONIUS MYS | 540 |
HERACLIDES OF ERYTHRAE | 555 |
ARISTOXENUS | 559 |
CYDIAS | 564 |
GAIUS | 566 |
DEMOSTHENES PHILALETHES | 570 |
Appendix | 579 |
Addenda | 586 |
589 | |
Index locorum | 623 |
641 | |
651 | |
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