The Oxford Handbook of Galen

P. N. Singer is a Research Fellow at the Einstein Center Chronoi, Berlin, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. His publications include several volumes in the Cambridge Galen Translations series, Mental Illness in Ancient Medicine: From Celsus to Paul of Aegina (co-edited with Chiara Thumiger), and Time for the Ancients: Measurement, Theory, Experience.Ralph M. Rosen is Vartan Gregorian Professor of the Humanities and Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. His publications include Ancient Concepts of the Hippocratic (co-edited with Lesley Dean-Jones), Making Mockery: The Poetics of Ancient Satire, several volumes in the Penn-Leiden series on Ancient Values (co-edited with Ineke Sluiter) and numerous other writings on Greek literature, ancient medicine, and intellectual history.

Not only the best entry point for scholars interested in Galen but also a useful reference work for active Galenic scholars, a most welcome collection that promises to be a valuable tool for years to come. Its scope is expansive, its content, erudite, and its presentation, clear.

• AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsChronology PART 1: Medical and Intellectual Contexts 1. Introduction P.N. Singer 2. Galen: Life and Works Véronique Boudon-Millot3. Philosophy, Science, and Psychology: Galen's Theory of "Soul" in its Intellectual Context P. N. Singer 4. Galen, Rhetoric, and the Second Sophistic Caroline Petit5. Galen's Hippocratism Sean Coughlin 6. Galen and Hellenistic Medicine David Leith7. Galen on Women: Gynecology and Female Patients Rebecca Flemming 8. Galen's Pharmacology in Context Julie Laskaris 9. Galenus Chirurgus: Galen as Surgeon Lawrence J. Bliquez PART 2: Topics and Works 10. Galen on Logic and Scientific Method Matyás Havrda 11. Anatomy and Physiology Luis Alejandro Salas 12. Physical and Causal Concepts R. J. Hankinson 13. Pharmacology: Texts, Theories, and Practices P. N. Singer, Matteo Martelli, and Lucia Raggetti 14. Pathology Julien Devinant 15. Galen's Clinical Practice Susan Mattern 16. Galen on Food, Diet, and the Healthy Life John Wilkins 17. Galen on the Pulse: Theory and Method Orly Lewis 18. Galen on Signs of Disease Piero Tassinari 19. Ethical Works Ralph M. Rosen PART 3: Galen's Legacy 20. Galen in Late Imperial and Early Byzantine PeriodsChristine Salazar 21. Galenism in Later Byzantium Antoine Pietrobelli 22. Translation into Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew Peter Pormann 23. Galen Beyond Baghdad A. R. Das 24. Galen's Return to the West Stefania Fortuna 25. Galen in Renaissance and Early Modern Debates Hiro Hirai 26. Galenic Anatomy in the Long Renaissance Vivian Nutton 27. Galen's Legacy in Jewish and Muslim Medical Traditions in Europe Carmen Caballero Navas 28. Galenic Medicine in South Asia Fabrizio Speziale 29. Galen in Premodern Tibet and China: Impressions and Footprints Dror Weil and Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim Appendix: List of Galen's Works Index