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Galen (2nd century AD), after Hippocrates the most distinguished physician of antiquity, has left us numerous medical works. This is a Greek-English dictionary of medical terms as culled from Galen's voluminous works, covering all medical fields: diet, drugs and surgery. It contains approximately 3000 Greek words and 119,000 citations. Particularly rich is the vocabulary of plant names, which sometimes defy identification. Dealing with terms from the fields of anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacy and surgery, this book should be of interest to both historians of ancient medicine and to classical philologists.

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Author:   Richard Durling
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.699kg
ISBN:  

9789004097544

ISBN 10:   9004097546
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   01 April 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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'...Durling vient de combler une grande lacune...cet impressionnant Dictionnaire...il me faillait le plus admirer...' S. Byl., Les Etudes Classiques, 1994. 'This work will be usefull for further lexical and linguistic studies.' Wesley D. Smith, ISIS, 1994. 'This is a well-conceived and highly valuable work...this is as near to paradise as one can come within the constraints of the saeculum.' Helen King, The Classical Review, 1995. '...le dictionnaire de Durling est un livre indispensable a tous les hellenistes.' Danielle Gourevitch, Extrait de la Revue d'Histoire des Sciences, 1995. 'un outil de toute premiere qualite pour aborder l'etude systematique de la medecine galenique...' Alain Touwaide, History and Philosophy of Life Sciences, 1996.

'.. .Durling vient de combler une grande lacune...cet impressionnant Dictionnaire...il me faillait le plus admirer...'<br>S. Byl., Les Itudes Classiques, 1994.<br>' This work will be usefull for further lexical and linguistic studies.'<br>Wesley D. Smith, ISIS, 1994.<br>' This is a well-conceived and highly valuable work...this is as near to paradise as one can come within the constraints of the saeculum.'<br>Helen King, The Classical Review, 1995.<br>'.. .le dictionnaire de Durling est un livre indispensable tous les hellinistes.'<br>Danielle Gourevitch, Extrait de la Revue d'Histoire des Sciences, 1995.<br>' un outil de toute premihre qualiti pour aborder l'itude systimatique de la midecine galinique...'<br>Alain Touwaide, History and Philosophy of Life Sciences, 1996.<br>

Author Information

Richard J. Durling is Research Fellow of the Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany. Recent publications include Galenus Latinus I: Burgundio of Pisa's Translation of Galen's De Complexionibus, (1976); Galenus Latinus II: Burgundio of Pisa's Translation of Galen's De Interioribus (1992); and (with Fridolf Kudlien) Galen's Method of Healing, Proc. of the 1982 Galen Symposium, (Brill, 1991).

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