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Galen on the properties of foodstuffs = De alimentorum facultatibus /

This work lucidly describes the ways in which foods were thought to affect the body and were in turn affected by it, and contains revealing snippets of social comment. This book provides a full translation together with the first ever detailed introduction, commentary and discussion of terminology.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Galen
Other Authors: Powell, O. W. (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Galen's medical and scientific terminology; BOOK I; BOOK II; BOOK III; Commentary; APPENDIX I List of plants with Greek and botanical names; APPENDIX II List of fishes with common names in English and Greek, and Linnaean taxonomies; Ancient sources; References; Index