Galen's theory of black bile : : Hippocratic tradition, manipulation, innovation / / Keith Andrew Stewart.
In Galen’s Theory of Black Bile: Hippocratic Tradition, Manipulation, Innovation Keith Stewart investigates Galen’s writing on black bile to explain health and disease and shows that Galen sometimes presented this humour as three substances with different properties that can either be harmful or ben...
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| Superior document: | Studies in Ancient Medicine ; Volume 51 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in ancient medicine ;
Volume 51. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (178 pages). |
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| Summary: | In Galen’s Theory of Black Bile: Hippocratic Tradition, Manipulation, Innovation Keith Stewart investigates Galen’s writing on black bile to explain health and disease and shows that Galen sometimes presented this humour as three substances with different properties that can either be harmful or beneficial to the body. Keith Stewart analyses the most important treatises for Galen’s physical description and characteristion of black bile and challenges certain views on the development of this humour, such as the importance of the content of the Hippocratic On the Nature of Man . This analysis allows us to understand how and why Galen defines and uses black bile in different ways for his arguments that cannot always be reconciled with the content of his sources. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004382798 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Keith Andrew Stewart. |