TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lewis,Orly
TI  - Praxagoras of Cos on Arteries, Pulse and Pneuma: Fragments and Interpretation
T2  - Studies in Ancient Medicine Series
SN  - 9789004337435
AV  - R126.P7 .L495 2017 
U1  - 610.938 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Praxagoras,-of Kōs,-approximately 340 B.C.--Criticism and interpretation
KW  - Medicine, Greek and Roman
KW  - Cardiovascular system-Early works to 1800
KW  - Arteries-Early works to 1800
KW  - Veins-Early works to 1800
KW  - Pulse-Early works to 1800
KW  - Soul-Early works to 1800
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Preface and Acknowledgments -- ‎Note on Bibliography and Abbreviations -- ‎List of Tables -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. Life and Works -- ‎2. Praxagoras and the History of Medicine and Philosophy -- ‎3. The Present Study -- ‎Part 1. The Fragments on Arteries, Pulse and Pneuma -- ‎Introduction to the Fragments and Source-Authors -- ‎1. The Fragments -- ‎1.1. Overview -- ‎1.2. Criteria for Inclusion -- ‎1.3. Presentation and Arrangement -- ‎1.3.1. Fragments and Testimonia -- ‎1.3.2. Form of Presentation -- ‎1.3.3. The Commentary and Cross-References -- ‎1.3.4. Order -- ‎1.4. Text and Translation -- ‎1.4.1. The Text -- ‎1.4.2. Apparatus -- ‎1.4.3. Translation -- ‎2. The Source-Authors -- ‎2.1. General Overview -- ‎2.2. The Main Source-Authors -- ‎2.2.1. Galen -- ‎2.2.2. Anonymous of Paris -- ‎Text and Translation -- ‎Anatomy of Arteries -- ‎Physiology of Arteries -- ‎Pneuma and Soul -- ‎Pathology of Arteries and Pneuma -- ‎Commentary -- ‎Anatomy of Arteries -- ‎1. Rufus of Ephesus, On the Names of the Parts of the Human Body 208-211, p. 163,3-12 Daremberg/Ruelle -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎2a. Galen, On the Anatomy of the Womb, 10.6-11, CMG V 2,1, pp. 52,22-54,21 Nickel (= K. 2.904,7-906,5) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎2b. Galen, Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates 5.45, K. 17B.838,8-16 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎3. Galen, On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato 1.6.11-2.1.2, pp. 80,16-90,28 De Lacy (= K. 5.187,3-200,10) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎Physiology of Arteries -- ‎4. Galen, On the Differences of the Pulse 1.2, K. 8.497,13-498,14 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎5. Galen, On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato 6.1.10-12, p. 362,10-21 De Lacy (= K. 5.507,18-508,14) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments; ‎6. Galen, On the Differences of the Pulse 4.3, K. 8.721,18-725,6 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎7. Ps.-Rufus of Ephesus, Synopsis on the Pulse 2, p. 220,5-14 Daremberg/Ruelle -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎8. Galen, On Tremor, Palpitation, Spasm and Rigour 1-5, K. 7.584.1-606,14 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎9. Galen, On the Differences of the Pulse 4.2, K. 8.701,2-703,5 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎10. Galen, On the Doctrines of Hippocrates and Plato 6.7.1-7, pp. 404,38-406,21 De Lacy (= K. 5.560,16-562,8) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎11. Galen, Whether the Arteries Naturally Contain Blood 8.1-2, pp. 176-178 Furley/Wilkie (= K. 4.731,14-732,9) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎12. Galen, On Identifying the Pulse 4.3, K. 8.950,9-951,4 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎13. Galen, On Abundance 11.11, p. 72,6-10 Otte (= K. 7.573,16-574,2) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎14. Galen, On Identifying the Pulse 4.2, K. 8.941,11-942,4 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎15. Marcellinus, On Pulse 14, lines 281-287 Schöne -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎Pneuma and Soul -- ‎16. Galen, On the Use of Respiration 1.2-3.10, pp. 80-108 Furley/Wilkie (= K. 4.471,1-493,9) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎17. Galen, On the Usefulness of the Parts 5.15, Helmreich 1.295,9-17 (= K. 3.403,6-13) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎18. Galen, Whether the Arteries Naturally Contain Blood 2.1-2, pp. 146-148 Furley/Wilkie (= K. 4.706,5-707,10) -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎19. Athenaeus of Naucratis, The Deipnosophists XV, 687d-688c, 36 Kaibel, pp. 520,11-522,8 -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎20. Tertullian, On the Soul 15.4-6, pp. 19,24-20,8 Waszink -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎Pathology of Arteries and Pneuma; ‎21. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 11, pp. 80,22-82,10 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎22. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 1, p. 2,1-21 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎23. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 18, pp. 112,17-114,4 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎24. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 19, pp. 116,22-118,2 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎25. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 3, pp. 18,10-20,6 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎26. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 20, p. 120,12-20 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎27. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 4, pp. 24,21-26,8 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎28. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 21, pp. 122,18-124,9 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎29. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 22, pp. 130,21-132,3 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎30. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 24, p. 136,4-10 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎31. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 7, p. 50,2-14 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎32. Anonymous of Paris, On Acute and Chronic Diseases 23, p. 132,21-134,3 Garofalo -- ‎Contents -- ‎Context -- ‎Comments -- ‎List of Verbatim Citations -- ‎Possible Verbatim Citations (Presented in Indirect Speech) -- ‎Part 2. The Doctrines of Praxagoras on Arteries, Pulse and Pneuma -- ‎Chapter 1. Praxagoras on Arteries and Pulse -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. What are the Arteries? -- ‎2.1. Course and Morphology -- ‎2.2. Pulsation -- ‎2.3. Contents -- ‎2.4. Praxagoras' Arteries: Conclusion; ‎3. The Origins of Praxagoras' Conception of Arteries -- ‎3.1. Morphology -- ‎3.2. Pulsation -- ‎3.3. Contents -- ‎3.4. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 2. Praxagoras on Pneuma -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. What is Pneuma? -- ‎3. The Source and Origin of Pneuma -- ‎3.1. The Heart as the (Only?) Source of Arterial Pneuma -- ‎3.2. The Source of the Cardiac Pneuma and the Conversion of Air into Pneuma -- ‎3.2.1. Encounter with Moist Substances, or Compression -- ‎3.2.2. Mixing with an Internally Generated Vapour: the Concept of 'Nourishment of Pneuma' -- ‎3.3. Conclusion -- ‎4. The Role of Pneuma -- ‎4.1. Motor Activity -- ‎4.1.1. The Importance of Pneuma for Motion -- ‎4.1.2. The 'Mechanics' of Motion: Arteries, Pneuma and Neura -- ‎4.2. Sense-Perception -- ‎4.3. Reason -- ‎4.4. The Relation between Pneuma and Soul -- ‎5. Conclusion -- ‎Conclusion -- ‎1. The Doctrines of Praxagoras -- ‎1.1. Arteries and Pulse (Questions 1-3 and I) -- ‎1.2. The Pneuma (Questions 4-6) -- ‎1.3. Pneuma and Soul (Question 7) -- ‎2. Praxagoras in Context: The Place of His Doctrines in the History of Greco-Roman Medicine and Philosophy -- ‎2.1. Praxagoras and Earlier Authors (Question II) -- ‎2.2. Praxagoras and Later Authors (Question III) -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎1. List of Abbreviations -- ‎In Critical Apparatus -- ‎2. Texts Used -- ‎3. Translations Used -- ‎4. Studies -- ‎Concordances -- ‎Index of Modern Authors -- ‎Index of Ancient Sources -- ‎Index of Greek and Latin Words in the Fragments -- ‎1. Greek -- ‎2. Latin -- ‎Index of Subjects and Names
N2  - This study offers an edition and fresh analysis of the fragmentary evidence for the views of Praxagoras of Cos (4th-3rd c. BC) on arteries, pulsation and pneuma. It presents the relevant fragments and draws new conclusions on Praxagoras' views and sources
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