Claudius Galen. Works in 4 volumes. Gift books bound in leather.

Galen — Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher of Greek origin. Galen made a significant contribution to the understanding of many scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic.

This publication presents books of the treatise "On the doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato Galen, a distinguished Roman physician and philosopher of the II-III centuries, the Creator of a theoretical-practical system, which became the basis for the development of medicine and natural science until the scientific revolution of the XVII-XIX centuries.
These works constitute a valuable source of information on the history of medicine protoscientific period. The published translation is supplied with an extensive introduction, notes and bibliography, which from the standpoint of interdisciplinary analysis to understand the main ideas of Galen. The methodology proposed in this publication allows you to show the mutual influence of natural philosophy and medicine. An essay is a typical example of when theoretical, philosophical views of Galen and his practice as a doctor. Published work - demonstration of great knowledge of the empirical method and synthetic thinking skills based on the principles of rational medicine. All this allows to fully comprehend the historical significance of the works of Galen.

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