| The fatal embrace: Galen and the history of ancient medicine. | |
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PMID: 16075496 Owner: HMD Status: MEDLINE |
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The influence of Galen on the subsequent interpretation of the history of ancient medicine has been substantial. This paper explores the consequences of adopting a non-Galenic perspective in two different areas of research. It argues that Galen's own career, and his own views of the ideal physician, cannot be taken as typical of most ancient medical practitioners; and that the theory of the four humors, blood, bile, black bile, and phlegm, did not become a universal standard until after Galen. That theory was merely one of several variations on the theme of body fluids, and entered Greek medicine relatively late. Hippocratic contemporaries of Galen accepted it alongside other theories from the Corpus, e.g. Diseases I, that modern scholars have viewed as incompatible. |
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Authors:
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Vivian Nutton |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science in context Volume: 18 ISSN: 0269-8897 ISO Abbreviation: Sci Context Publication Date: 2005 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2005-08-02 Completed Date: 2005-08-26 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8904113 Medline TA: Sci Context Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 111-21 Citation Subset: Q |
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The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, London. |
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History of Medicine History, Ancient* Humoralism* |
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Personal Name Subject:
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Galen |
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