Galen on Human Physiology Čelkytė Hardback Cambridge University Press
Galen on Human Physiology\n\nTaking the Body Apart and Putting it Back Together Again\n\nAn innovative study of Galen of Pergamum's physiological theories, especially his understanding of the vital unity of the human body.\n\nAist\u0117 \u010Celkyt\u0117 (Author)\n\n9781009435819, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 2 October 2025\n\n258 pages\n23.6 x 16.1 x 2 cm, 0.52 kg\n\nGalen of Pergamum, known as 'the prince of medicine', is an important figure not only for the history of medicine but also for ancient philosophy, history of ideas and cultural history. In this book, Aist\u0117 \u010Celkyt\u0117 explores Galenic physiology and examines how this highly influential figure theorised the unity of the multi-part, ever-moving and ever-changing human body. She approaches this question by first studying how Galen 'takes the body apart', that is, the different divisions of the body into parts that he proposes, and then how he 'puts it back together', that is, his use of phil]
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