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Galen on the properties of foodstuffs = De alimentorum facultatibus / introduction, translation, and commentary by Owen Powell ; with a foreword by John Wilkins

Author
Galen
Uniform Title
De alimentorum facultatibus. English
Additional Titles
On the properties of foodstuffs and De alimentorum facultatibus
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 206 pages)
Additional Creators
Powell, O. W.
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Galen's medical and scientific terminology; BOOK I; BOOK II; BOOK III; Commentary; APPENDIX I List of plants with Greek and botanical names; APPENDIX II List of fishes with common names in English and Greek, and Linnaean taxonomies; Ancient sources; References; Index
Summary
This work lucidly describes the ways in which foods were thought to affect the body and were in turn affected by it, and contains revealing snippets of social comment. This book provides a full translation together with the first ever detailed introduction, commentary and discussion of terminology.
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ISBN
0511064624 (electronic bk.)
9780511064623 (electronic bk.)
0511058292 (electronic bk.)
9780511058295 (electronic bk.)
9780511482892 (electronic bk.)
0511482892 (electronic bk.)
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9780521812429
9780521036207 (paperback)
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9781107132870
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9786610419630
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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