Galen

On Respiration and the Arteries

David J. Furley, James S. Wilkie

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780691612546
  9780691640464
• eBook ISBN:
  9781400855155
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Medical Theory, Practice & Reference

Professors Furley and Wilkie have provided a newly edited Greek text and a complete English translation with commentary of four of Galen's physiological treatises on respiration and the arteries. Their text is the first to make use of Arabic translations of An in arteriis and De usu pulsuum based on a Greek text that is earlier and better than the surviving tines. These translations have enabled them to make substantial improvements in the earlier editions of the treatises. Introducing the text are essays by Professors Furley and Wilkie on the history of theories of respiration and bloodflow in classical antiquity, the influence of Galen's work on Harvey, and Galen's experimentation and argument.

Originally published in 1984.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• De usu respirationis
• An in arteriis natura sanguis contineatur
• De usu pulsuum
• De causis respirationis
• Notes to Translations
• Bibliography
• Index Nominum
• Index of Passages Cited in Introduction and Commentary