書誌事項
- タイトル
- "The Alexandrian epitomes of Galen"
- 責任表示
- an edition and parallel English translation of three Arabic texts, with notes and introduction by John Walbridge
- 出版者
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- Brigham Young University Press
- 出版年月
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- 2014
- 書籍サイズ
- 24 cm
- シリーズ名/番号
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- v. 1
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注記
Pages [1]-186: Opposite pages bear duplicate numbering
Parallel English and Arabic translation of Greek text
Bibliography: v. 1, p. 257-268
Includes indexes
Summary: "The second-century physician and philosopher Galen is not known for brevity. Although his writings on medicine are famously verbose and numerous, for centuries they constituted much of the standard syllabi for medical students. About fourteen hundred years ago, one or possibly several professors put together a series of epitomes of Galen's work. In contrast to Galen's rambling and argumentative style, these epitomes present the material dryly but clearly, offering systematic categorizations of concepts, symptoms, diseases, and organs. Originally written in Greek, The Alexandrian Epitomes of Galen can also be found in Arabic and Hebrew translations, and the epitomes have had a particularly profound influence on medical literature in the Arab world. This new edition presents the Arabic and English versions side by side, with a fresh, modern, and authoritative translation by scholar John Walbridge. Often cited in medical texts in the following centuries, these epitomes present an admirably clear survey
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詳細情報 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1130000795435581824
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- NII書誌ID
- BB20001845
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- ISBN
- 9780842528405
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- LCCN
- 2014007461
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- Web Site
- https://lccn.loc.gov/2014007461
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- 出版国コード
- us
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- タイトル言語コード
- en
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- 出版地
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- Provo, Utah
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- 件名
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- LCSH: Medicine, Ancient
- MESH: History of Medicine
- MESH: History, Ancient
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- データソース種別
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- CiNii Books