The Alexandrian Epitomes of Galen Applied Philosophy

The Alexandrian Epitomes of Galen Applied PhilosophyThe 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 Galens work. In contrast to Galens rambling and argumentative style, these epitomes present the material dryly but

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