Herophilus: The Art of Medicine in Early Alexandria
Edition, Translation and Essays

Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece.

Herophilus (Author), Heinrich von Staden (Edited by)

9780521236461, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 April 1989

712 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 4.5 cm, 1.065 kg

"One of the highest achievements of 20th Century scholarship in ancient Greek medicine" Paul Potter, University of Western Ontario, Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Herophilus, a contemporary of Euclid, practiced medicine in Alexandria in the third century B.C., and seems to have been the first Western scientist to dissect the human body. He made especially impressive contributions to many branches of anatomy and also developed influential views on many other aspects of medicine. Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece. Part 1 of the book presents the Greek and Latin texts accompanied by English translation and interpretative commentary. Significant background information is given in the introductory essay preceding each chapter. Part 2 briefly sketches the major developments within the Herophilean school after Herophilus, and discusses the individual members within it. Anyone interested in the history of science, the history of medicine, or intellectual history will find this book a rich source of information about an unusual and important aspect of Greek culture.

Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on text, arrangement and translation
List of abbreviations
Sigla, editions
1. Introduction
Part I. Herophilus: 2. Life
3. Writings
4. The parts of the art of medicine
5. Theory of method and cause
6. Anatomy
7. Physiology and pathology
8. Regimen and therapeutics
9. Hippocratic exegesis
Varia
Part II. The Herophileans: 10. Herophilus and the herophileans
11. Andreas
12. Callianax
13. Callimachus
14. Bacchius
15. Zeno
16. Demetrius of Apamea
17. Hegetor
18. Mantias
19. Dioscurides phacas
20. Chrysermus
21. Zeuxis (philalethes?)
22. Alexander Philalethes
23. Apollonius Mys
24. Heraclides of Erythrae
25. Aristoxenus
26. Cydias
27. Gaius
28. Demosthenes Philalethes
Appendix
Addenda
Bibliography
Index locorom
Index of Greek words
General index.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA]