Galen on the brain : anatomical knowledge and physiological speculation in the second century.

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 set of physiological arguments. It also sets Galen's ideas within the cultural and intellectual context of his e...

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Main Author: Rocca, Julius, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2003.
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