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Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs Hardcover - 2003
by Galen; Galen Galen; O. W. Powell
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Translation of ancient Greek 'scientific' texts presents a number of problems and reliance upon the standard dictionaries is risky.
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- Title Galen: On the Properties of Foodstuffs
- Author Galen; Galen Galen; O. W. Powell
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 236
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
- Date 2003-02-17
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780521812429 / 0521812429
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.69 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.75 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
- Library of Congress subjects Nutrition, Galen
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002031066
- Dewey Decimal Code 599.011
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Galen. 'On the properties of Foodstuffs'. (De alimentorum facultatibus). Introduction, Translation and Commentary. With a foreword by J. Wilkins.
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 2003. 1st ed.XXV,206p. Hardbound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. 'Galen's important work 'On the Properties of Foodstuffs' (De alimentorum facultatibus) dissects in rigourous but also highly engaging detail the characteristics of the commonest types of human food and their effects on the human body, combining theoretical discussion with anecdotal evidence, and covering grains and pulses, plants, and finally animals in its three separate books. This is a difficult text to deal with, not least because of the obscurity of many of the food names Galen uses, the complexity of his vision of the workings of human physiology and the confusion which arises from the lack of any standard technical vocabulary in Greek. Owen Powell's translation (and his introductory discussion on Galen's physiological theory) navigates through those difficulties with wonderful clarity. This volume is thus an important resource for the study of ancient science…
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