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020			_a9789047401438 _q(electronic book)
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024	7		_a10.1163/9789047401438 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)994930777 _z(OCoLC)191039303
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100	1		_aRocca, Julius, _d1956-
245	1	0	_aGalen on the brain : _banatomical knowledge and physiological speculation in the second century.
264		1	_aLeiden : _bBrill, _c2003.
300			_a1 online resource (xxiv, 316 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aStudies in ancient medicine ; _v26
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material -- General Introduction: Galen and his time -- The development of the hegemonic concept: the medical and philosophical background -- Galen’s methods and materials for the investigation of the brain -- The exposure and dissection of the brain -- The anatomy of the ventricular system -- A methodology of ventricular function -- The elaboration of psychic pneuma -- Conclusion -- The doctrine of ventricular localisation -- Galenism and the status of the retiform plexus -- Glossary of Anatomical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index of Sources and List of Editions -- General index -- Studies in Ancient Medicine.
506			_aAvailable to subscribing member institutions only.
520			_aThis 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 past in which the study of the brain occured, and looks at the materials and methods which Galen employs to legitimate his hegemonic argumentation. Part Two examines Galen's anatomical understanding of the brain, especially the ventricles. Part Three offers a critical evaluation of Galen's physiolgy of the brain. This is the first monograph to offer a detailed account of this subject, setting it within the cultural and intellectual contexts of its era, and will be of interest to those in classics, medical history, history andphilosophy of science and the history of ideas.
600	0	0	_aGalen.
650		0	_aBrain _xAnatomy.
650		0	_aNeurophysiology.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tGalen on the Brain: Anatomical Knowledge and Physiological Speculation in the Second Century AD _dLeiden, Boston : BRILL, 2003, _z9789004125124
830		0	_aStudies in Ancient Medicine _v26.
830		0	_aStudies in Ancient Medicine Online, ISBN: 9789004380813.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047401438
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