Praxagoras of Cos on Arteries, Pulse and Pneuma : Fragments and Interpretation.
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TextSeries: Studies in Ancient Medicine SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (391 pages)Content type: - text
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- 9789004337435
- 610.938
- R126.P7 .L495 2017
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.
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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