Galen: On Respiration and the Arteries

Hardback

Main Details

Title Galen: On Respiration and the Arteries
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David J. Furley
By (author) James S. Wilkie
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:300
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreMammals
ISBN/Barcode 9780691640464
ClassificationsDewey:599
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 19 April 2016
Publication Country United States

Description

Professors Furley and Wilkie have provided a newly edited Greek text and a complete English translation with commentary of four of Galen's physiological treatises on respiration and the arteries. Their text is the first to make use of Arabic translations of An in arteriis and De usu pulsuum based on a Greek text that is earlier and better than the