Galen on the brain : : anatomical knowledge and physiological speculation in the second century AD / / Julius Rocca.

This book is a study of the ways in which Galen sought to establish the brain as the regent part (hegemonikon) of the body, utilising a rigorous anatomical epistemology and an often sophisticated (but perforce limited) set of physiological arguments Part One surveys the medical and philosophical pas...

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Superior document:Studies in ancient medicine, v. 26
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Brill,, 2003.
Year of Publication:2003
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in ancient medicine ; 26.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 313 pages) :; illustrations.
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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