Format:
Online-Ressource
Edition:
Middle East and Islamic studies e-books online
ISBN:
9789004282223
Series Statement:
Islamic philosophy, theology and science 92
Uniform Title:
De diebus decretoriis
Content:
Preliminary Material -- The \'Summaries\' and Other Recensions of Galen -- The \'Summaries\' of On Critical Days -- The Arabic Versions of the \'Alexandrian Summaries\' of Galen's On Critical Days -- The Translation of the Arabic Text -- The Hebrew Version of Shimshon ben Shlomo -- The Translation of the Hebrew Version -- Bibliography -- Arabic Glossary and Index (Princeton Manuscript) -- Hebrew Glossary and Index -- Index of Subjects.
Content:
Galen's impact on Islamic civilization, mainly on medicine but also on physics and philosophy, was enormous. His most important books were mediated through \'summaries\' which not only shortened, but in some cases also revised Galenic teachings. Several versions of these summaries exist, and their appreciation is critical for a proper understanding of the development of medieval science. This book presents the first editions, translations, and studies of the remaining summaries to On Critical Days . In Galenic theory, fevers develop towards a crisis which will determine the fate of a patient. The cycle of crisis is known through observation, but the search for the cause leads Galen and his later interpreters into the fields of astrology, arithmology, and more
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
The "summaries" and other recensions of GalenThe "summaries" of On critical days -- The Arabic versions of the "Alexandrian summaries" of Galen's On critical days -- Princeton ms. -- Tehran ms. -- The translation of the Arabic text -- The Hebrew version of Shimshon ben Shlomo -- The translation of the Hebrew version.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004282216
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Alexandrian summaries of Galen's On critical days Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2015 ISBN 9789004282216
Language:
English
Subjects:
Medicine
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
Galenus 129-199 De diebus decretoriis
;
Arabisch
;
Übersetzung
;
Medizin
;
Araber
;
Quelle
DOI:
10.1163/9789004282223
Author information:
Bos, Gerrit 1948-
Author information:
Galenus 129-199
