Le corps respirant : : la pensée physiologique chez Galien / / par Armelle Debru.

• Superior document: Studies in ancient medicine, v. 13
• Author: Debru, Armelle.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1996.
• Year of Publication: 1996
• Language: French
• Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine 13.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 302 pages)

This volume provides a new approach to Galen's theory of respiration and to his physiological thinking. The method involves reconstructing Galen's theoretical and experimental research in the structure and context of his reasoning. The book deals with the problem of muscular respiratory movement, the structure and function of organs such as the heart, lungs and pulmonary vessels, and the purpose of breathing. Other topics include bodily respiration (diapnoe), the explanation of asphyxia, miasmas and other pathological processes. The book ends with a study of breathing and vocal exercises in the Greco-Roman world. This is an important reassessment of several questions that are fundamental to the history of medicine; it provides a truer understanding of one of the most impressive contributions to western medical thought.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Les matériaux de la pensée physiologique -- Les causes de la motricité thoracique -- Le mouvement respiratoire chez Galien -- Anatomo-physiologie des organes de la respiration -- La finalité de la respiration -- La perspiration -- Pathologies de la respiration -- Hygiène et exercices respiratoires -- Conclusion générale : La Pensée physiologique -- Bibliographie -- Index des passages cités -- Index des notions -- Index des noms grecs -- Index des noms anciens -- Index des noms modernes -- Studies in Ancient Medicine.