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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.
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés Latín |
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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