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Ancient sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

Edited and translated by
Foreword by
Owen Powell
Affiliation:
University of Queensland
John Wilkins
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
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The Complete Works of Aristotle: the Revised Oxford Translation ed. Barnes, Jonathan (1984) (various translators; 2 vols.), Princeton and Oxford
De anima (On the Soul), trans. Lawson-Tancred, Hugh (1986), Harmondsworth
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De atra bile (On Black Bile) – K. Ⅴ.104–48, ed. de Boer, W. (1937), CMG Ⅴ.4.1,1, Berlin
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De methodo medendi (On the Therapeutic Method) – K. Ⅹ. 1–1021
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De pulsibus ad tirones (On the Pulses for Beginners) – K. Ⅷ. 453–92
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  • Ancient sources
  • Galen
  • Edited and translated by Owen Powell, University of Queensland
  • Foreword by John Wilkins, University of Exeter
  • Book: Galen: <I>On the Properties of Foodstuffs</I>
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
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  • Ancient sources
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  • Edited and translated by Owen Powell, University of Queensland
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  • Book: Galen: <I>On the Properties of Foodstuffs</I>
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
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  • Ancient sources
  • Galen
  • Edited and translated by Owen Powell, University of Queensland
  • Foreword by John Wilkins, University of Exeter
  • Book: Galen: <I>On the Properties of Foodstuffs</I>
  • Online publication: 22 September 2009
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