Luis Salas

Gebundenes Buch

Cutting Words - Polemical Dimensions of Galen's Anatomical Experiments

Beschreibung

Luis Alejandro Salas' book, Cutting Words: Polemical Dimensions of Galen's Anatomical Experiments, examines Galen's experimental writing. In four case studies, it argues that Galen exploits writing as a surrogate for live performance and, in some cases, an improvement upon it.

Autor

Luis Alejandro Salas, Ph.D. (2013), University of Texas at Austin, is Assistant Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis. His main research interests lie in ancient Greek and Roman medicine, philosophy, and intellectual history. He has published on Galen's theory and classification of disease, as well as his systems of anatomy and physiology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: de Gruyter Brill
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9789004439184
• ISBN-10: 9004439188
• Artikelnr.: 59999365