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Galen: On Problematical Movements (Paperback)
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Galen: On Problematical Movements (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
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In this forgotten treatise, preserved largely in medieval
translations into Arabic and Latin, the greatest medical scientist
of antiquity investigates the relationship between conscious and
unconscious movements. He looks at the structure of the tongue and
the oesophagus, and asks why mental perceptions can have physical
effects on the body. Some of his questions still trouble modern
scientists, although they would not accept most of his answers. The
extensive Introduction and Commentary explain the medical
background for non-medical specialists, and discuss the place of
this treatise and of anatomy in medieval medicine down to Leonardo
da Vinci. As well as being the first English translation of this
important work, this is also the first comparative study of
medieval translations of the same ancient text, and is based on new
editions and collations of all three. The Commentary pays special
attention to the linguistic elements involved in making these
translations.
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