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245 10 a| Galen's theory of black bileh| [electronic resource] :b| Hippocratic tradition, manipulation, innovation /c| by Keith Andrew Stewart.;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| [2019];

300 a| viii, 178 pages ;c| 25 cm.;

490 0 a| Studies in ancient medicine ;x| 0925-1421v| volume 51;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.;

505 0 a| Galen and the history of black bile -- The origins of black bile and humoral theory -- Galen's doxographical explanation for the history of black bile -- Key influences on Galen's writing on black bile -- The importance of philosophy in Galen's interpretation of the hippocratic corpus -- The influence of Galen's teachers on his views concerning medical theory -- Galen's opinion on the authenticity of the hippocratic writings -- Galen's polemic against those he considers to be opposed to humoral theory -- Galen's qualitative and structural characterisation of black bile -- The essential properties of black bile -- Physical descriptions of black bile -- Galen's distinction of different types of black bile -- The different types of black bile in Galen's writing -- A question of consistency in Galen's characterisation of black bile -- Galen's explanation of harmful black bile -- The properties of altered black bile and how this makes it a potentially harmful substance in the body -- The cleansing of harmful black bile from the body -- The importance of the liver for the origin of black bile in the body -- The relationship between the structure of the spleen and its function -- Galen's attack on asclepiades and erasistratus on the function of the spleen to cleanse the body of black bile -- Diseases of the spleen in relation to the harmful nature of black bile -- The diseases caused by black bile -- Melancholy, the black bile disease -- Quartan fever, the black bile fever -- Cases where the presence of black bile indicates a terminal disease.;

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Galen's theory of black bile Hippocratic tradition, manipulation, innovation / by Keith Andrew Stewart.

Author/creator	Stewart, Keith Andrew
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
Description	viii, 178 pages ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Galen. Medicine, Greek and Roman. Body fluids.

Series	Studies in ancient medicine ; 0925-1421 volume 51
Contents	Galen and the history of black bile -- The origins of black bile and humoral theory -- Galen's doxographical explanation for the history of black bile -- Key influences on Galen's writing on black bile -- The importance of philosophy in Galen's interpretation of the hippocratic corpus -- The influence of Galen's teachers on his views concerning medical theory -- Galen's opinion on the authenticity of the hippocratic writings -- Galen's polemic against those he considers to be opposed to humoral theory -- Galen's qualitative and structural characterisation of black bile -- The essential properties of black bile -- Physical descriptions of black bile -- Galen's distinction of different types of black bile -- The different types of black bile in Galen's writing -- A question of consistency in Galen's characterisation of black bile -- Galen's explanation of harmful black bile -- The properties of altered black bile and how this makes it a potentially harmful substance in the body -- The cleansing of harmful black bile from the body -- The importance of the liver for the origin of black bile in the body -- The relationship between the structure of the spleen and its function -- Galen's attack on asclepiades and erasistratus on the function of the spleen to cleanse the body of black bile -- Diseases of the spleen in relation to the harmful nature of black bile -- The diseases caused by black bile -- Melancholy, the black bile disease -- Quartan fever, the black bile fever -- Cases where the presence of black bile indicates a terminal disease.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018039970
ISBN	9789004382787 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
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