Galen, Trajan, and history
Medical texts have been considered as mere historical ‘sources’ and technical works...
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Author: agostino2013
Forbidden material, illicit books? Galen on Xenocrates of Aphrodisias
Throughout his works on pharmacology, and especially in his fundamental On simple drugs, Galen...
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Rethinking ancient pharmacology: Galen’s treatise On simple drugs
Galen’t treatise On simple drugs in eleven books holds a special place in the history of...
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Early printed books at Johns Hopkins: a time traveller’s capsule?
Johns Hopkins university, Baltimore, Maryland. Prematurely summery weather and vegetation, mellow...
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The real stuff: Galen and the Middle East
What did a Greek doctor like Galen know about ancient Arabia, and how did this affect his...
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