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Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs

Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceAncient Greece

ISBN10: 0521812429
ISBN13: 9780521812429
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 16 2003
Pages: 236
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Until recently an English translation of Galen's On the Properties of Foodstuffs did not exist. This work, by one of the greatest of ancient physicians, provides a lucid description of the ways in which foods were thought to affect the body and were in turn affected by it. It contains revealing fragments of social comment. A retired physician with a particular interest in gastroenterology, Owen Powell offers the most accurate translation of the work currently available, including the first detailed introduction, commentary and discussion of terminology.

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