Herophilus, a contemporary of Euclid, practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century B.C., and seems to have been the first Western scientist to dissect the human body. He made especially impressive contributions to many branches of anatomy and also developed influential views on many other aspects of medicine. Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece. Part 1 of the book presents the Greek and Latin texts accompanied by English translation and interpretative commentary. Significant background information is given in the introductory essay preceding each chapter. Part 2 briefly sketches the major developments within the Herophilean school after Herophilus, and discusses the individual members within it. Anyone interested in the history of science, the history of medicine, or intellectual history will find this book a rich source of information about an unusual and important aspect of Greek culture.
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"We have been waiting for a long time for an authoritative collection of this ancient material. Now we have more than we could have hoped for....Quite simply, von Staden's Herophilus is one of the finest and richest pieces of classical scholarship to have appeared in many years....Its impact, not only on the study of ancient medicine, but on science and philosophy is only beginning to be felt." J.T. Vallance, Ancient Philosophy
"One of the highest achievements of 20th Century scholarship in ancient Greek medicine" Paul Potter, University of Western Ontario, Bulletin of the History of Medicine
"One of the highest achievements of 20th Century scholarship in ancient Greek medicine" Paul Potter, University of Western Ontario, Bulletin of the History of Medicine
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Herophilus, a contemporary of Euclid, practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century B.C., and seems to have been the first Western scientist to dissect the human body. He made especially impressive contributions to many branches of anatomy. Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece.
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a detailed and valuable work,
By feridun acar (dokuz eylul university, dept. of neurosurgery, izmir, turkey) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria: Edition, Translation and Essays (Hardcover)
In the history of medicine, popularity is mainly focused on the famous scientists such as Hipoccrates and Galen. However on the basis of positive science, maybe the most important scientist is Herophilus. The knowledge on Herophilus is rare and scattered in different testimonies and writings of authors such as Galen and Celsus. This valuable work of von Staden collects all these scattered information in one book. I think this book should be the main starting point to study ancient Alexandrian medicine, Herophilus and Herophilians. This book will not only illuminate today's knowledge but will also guide the future knowledge
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Caelius Aurelianus, Apollonius Mys, Hippocratic Corpus, Alexander Philalethes, Hippocratis Epidemiarum, Demosthenes Philalethes, Heraclides of Erythrae, Heraclides of Tarentum, Plinius Secundus, Rufus of Ephesus, Hunain's Arabic, Men Karou, Cornelius Celsus, Natural History, Vocum Hippocraticarum, Diseases of Women, Generation of Animals, Simon Ianuensis, Alexandrian Empiricists, Anonymus Londinensis, Demetrius of Apamea, Instruments of Reduction, Rufus Ephesius, Diogenes of Apollonia, Against Common Opinions New!
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Caelius Aurelianus, Apollonius Mys, Hippocratic Corpus, Alexander Philalethes, Hippocratis Epidemiarum, Demosthenes Philalethes, Heraclides of Erythrae, Heraclides of Tarentum, Plinius Secundus, Rufus of Ephesus, Hunain's Arabic, Men Karou, Cornelius Celsus, Natural History, Vocum Hippocraticarum, Diseases of Women, Generation of Animals, Simon Ianuensis, Alexandrian Empiricists, Anonymus Londinensis, Demetrius of Apamea, Instruments of Reduction, Rufus Ephesius, Diogenes of Apollonia, Against Common Opinions New!
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- The Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford World's Classics) by Aristotle on 6 pages
- On The Generation Of Animals by Aristotle on page 290, page 394, and page 425
- Ptolemaic Alexandria (Oxford University Press Academic Monograph Reprints) (Vols 1-3) by P. M. Fraser in Front Matter, page 42, and Back Matter
- Tusculan disputations (Classical texts) by Marcus Tullius Cicero on page 30, page 170, and page 393
- Josephus: Jewish Antiquities, Book 20 (Loeb Classical Library No. 456) (Bk.XX v. 13) by Josephus on page 16, and page 475
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- Science and Mathematics in Ancient Greek Culture by Lewis Wolpert on page 252, page 259, and Back Matter
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- Not Out Of Africa: How "Afrocentrism" Became An Excuse To Teach Myth As History (A New Republic book) by Mary Lefkowitz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Miracles in Greco-Roman Antiquity: A Sourcebook for the Study of New Testament Miracle Stories (The Context of Early Christianity, 1) by Wendy Cotter C.S.J on page 91, page 139, and page 142
- Psyche and Soma: Physicians and Metaphysicians on the Mind-Body Problem from Antiquity to Enlightenment by John P. Wright in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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