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Galen : writings on health : Thrasybulus and Health (De sanitate tuenda) / translated with introduction and notes by P.N. Singer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galen, author.
- Series:
- Galen. English (Cambridge Galen translations) Works.
- Cambridge Galen translations
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Galen--Translations into English.
- Galen.
- Medicine, Greek and Roman.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxv, 510 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English text, partially translated from the Ancient Greek.
- Summary:
- Galen's 'Health' was the most important work on daily exercise, diet and health regimes in antiquity, with a huge later influence. This book presents a new, scholarly translation giving access to this work, with a substantial introduction and annotations that bring the ancient context and related debates to life.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 28, 2023).
- Contains:
- Container of: Galen. Thrasybulus. English.
- Container of: Galen. De sanitate tuenda. English
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781009159524
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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