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The Alexandrian Summaries of Galen's on Critical Days: Editions and Translations of the Two Versions of the Jawāmiʿ, with an Introduction an

The Alexandrian Summaries of Galen's on Critical Days: Editions and Translations of the Two Versions of the Jawāmiʿ, with an Introduction an

Bos, Gerrit
Langermann, Y. Tzvi

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceGeneral Asian HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 9004282211
ISBN13: 9789004282216
Publisher: Brill
Published: Nov 28 2014
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Galen's impact on Islamic civilization, mainly on medicine but also on physics and philosophy, was enormous. His most important books were mediated through summaries which not only shortened, but in some cases also revised Galenic teachings. Several versions of these summaries exist, and their appreciation is critical for a proper understanding of the development of medieval science. This book presents the first editions, translations, and studies of the remaining summaries to On Critical Days. In Galenic theory, fevers develop towards a crisis which will determine the fate of a patient. The cycle of crisis is known through observation, but the search for the cause leads Galen and his later interpreters into the fields of astrology, arithmology, and more.

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