TY - BOOK ID - 22054773 TI - Galen on the brain : anatomical knowledge and physiological speculation in the second century AD AU - Rocca, Julius AU - Galen. PY - 2003 VL - 26 SN - 9004125124 9786610466672 1417545518 1280466677 9047401433 PB - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, DB - UniCat KW - Brain KW - Neurophysiology. KW - Nervous system KW - Neurobiology KW - Physiology KW - Anatomy. KW - Galen. KW - Galenus KW - Galen, Claudius KW - Galenus, Claudius KW - Galen, KW - Galénos KW - Galeno KW - Galen, Klavdiĭ KW - Galinus KW - Galiʼenus KW - Galiʼeno KW - Galiʼenu KW - Galien, KW - Galeno, Claudio KW - جالينوس KW - Γαλῆνος KW - Galênós, KW - Pseudo-Galenus KW - Galen KW - Claudius Galenus UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:22054773 AB - This book is a study of the ways in which Galen sought to establish the brain as the regent part (hegemonikon) of the body, utilising a rigorous anatomical epistemology and an often sophisticated (but perforce limited) set of physiological arguments Part One surveys the medical and philosophical past in which the study of the brain occured, and looks at the materials and methods which Galen employs to legitimate his hegemonic argumentation. Part Two examines Galen's anatomical understanding of the brain, especially the ventricles. Part Three offers a critical evaluation of Galen's physiolgy of the brain. This is the first monograph to offer a detailed account of this subject, setting it within the cultural and intellectual contexts of its era, and will be of interest to those in classics, medical history, history andphilosophy of science and the history of ideas. ER -