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Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition
by Galen; Owen Powell (Editor); Owen Powell (Translator)
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This book presents a translation of and detailed commentary on Galen's De alimentorum facultatibus - his major work on the dynamics and kinetics of various foods. It is thus primarily a physiological treatise rather than a materia medica or a work on pathology. Galen commences with a short section on the epistemology of medicine, with a discussion on the attainment, through apodeixis or demonstration, of scientific truth - a discussion which reveals the Aristotelian roots of his thinking. The text then covers a wide range of foods, both common and exotic. Some, such as cereals, legumes, dairy products and the grape, receive an emphasis that reflects their importance at the time; others are treated more cursorily. Dr Powell, an expert in gastroenterology, discusses Galen's terminology and the background to his views on physiology and pathology in his introduction, while John Wilkins' foreword concentrates on the structural and cultural aspects of the work.
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Translation of ancient Greek 'scientific' texts presents a number of problems and reliance upon the standard dictionaries is risky.
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- Title Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs
- Author Galen; Owen Powell (Editor); Owen Powell (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 236
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date 2007-05-31
- ISBN 9780521036207 / 0521036208
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.54 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.37 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.011
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