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6 X 10 Long.P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81954-1 - The Cambridge Companion to Galen Edited by R. J. Hankinson Index More information index Note: Works by or debatably by Galen are indexed by title in the form most commonly used in the text (usually English), and only where there is substantive comment or extended quotation (not for every citation). Latin titles and standard abbreviations are to be found in the Appendixes on pp. 391–403. Other authors’ works are indexed under the author’s name. Academics see Carneades, Academy of Alexandria, as centre of medical studies actuality/potentiality, Aristotelian 243–4, 259, 263, 268, 341 theory of 308–9 sixth-century Galenic syllabus 362–3, Adrastus 52, 327, 328 384–5 Aephicianus 335, 336 alphabetical ordering, arguments Aetius 359 for/against 320–1 agnosticism, as Galen’s philosophical Ammonius 88–9, 147 stance 178–9 anatomy on the nature of the soul 185–6, 196, ’adventitious’ 246, 259 198–9, 211, 233, 280 central role in medical study 242–3, on physiology 280–1 257, 276, 281 on theology 233 Galen’s training/predecessors 242, Agricola, Georg 370 243–4, 257 al-Biruni 364 Galen’s writings on 36, 41, 258 al-Farabi 350 historical development 256–7, 258, al-Razi (Rhazes) 356, 360, 366 262 Albinus of Smyrna 4 Renaissance interest in 372, 373–8 Alcinous 206 value denied by medical schools Didaskalikos 115 246 Alderotti, Taddeo 366 Anaxagoras 158–9, 294 Aldus Manutius/Aldine Press 367, ancient world, revivals of interest in 381 369–72, 386, 387 Alexander of Aphrodisias 24–5, 29, 93, ’ancients,’ Galen’s respect for 159, 107–8, 202, 203–4, 328, 329, 350, 180–1, 204 358 role in commentaries 330 Alexander of Damascus 12, 29, 44, 48, Andromachus (court physician to Nero) 180 312, 316 Alexander of Tralles 365 Andromachus (son of the above) 316 435 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81954-1 - The Cambridge Companion to Galen Edited by R. 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Hankinson Index More information 436 Index animals Galen’s commentaries on 43, 44, 48, butchery 249 64–5, 116, 180–1, 323, 326, 327–9; extent of awareness 181 listed 67–8 false analogies with human medical theory 56, 58, 61–3, 285, physiology 254 287; of reproduction 278 functions (of different species) philosophical method 168, 257, 264 238 physiology 263, 265–6 and humour theory 220–1 Renaissance followers 378 processes of genesis/growth 233–4 teleology 225–6, 227, 229, 239 see also dissection; instinct; theory of logic 73, 85–91, 94; Galen’s vivisection dissatisfaction with 106–8 Annia Faustina 15–16, 30 use of language 133–4 Anonymus Londinensis 353 works (wrongly) attributed to see antidotes 312–14 Problemata reasons for functioning 313–14 Categories 327 Antiochus 303 see also actuality; categories; ethics Antipater 80, 115 Arria (Platonist) 2 Antisthenes 154 Ars Medica 22–3, 301 apepsia (bad/no digestion), correct authenticity 237 use/etymology 133, 140–1 influence xv Apollo (God), significance of name 122, Artemidorus Capiton 335 125 arteries, operation/function 239 Apollonius the Herophilean 316 Articella (medieval medical selection) appearance (of patient), described by 366–7 Hippocrates/elucidated by Galen Asclepiades of Bithynia 223–4, 226, 227, 343–6 238, 316, 351 Apuleius Platonicus, L., De Against Erasistratus 331 interpretatione 83, 114 Galen’s commentaries on 323, 325 aqueduct (in brain) 248 Aspasius 27, 52, 327, 328 Arabic, translations/commentaries of asplanchnos (lacking in sensibility), Galen xv, 1, 3, 86, 182, 324–5, correct use/etymology 127–8 328–9, 348–9, 350, 356–7, 362 Athenaeus of Attaleia 215–16, 230, 236, Archigenes 41, 47, 64–5 237, 240, 351 Archimedes xvii Athenaeus of Naucratis 358 Aretaeus 359 Athenodorus the Stoic 351 arguments (in logic) Against Aristotle’s Categories 331 indemonstrable see indemonstrables atomism 212–13, 237, 266 validity 79–83 Attalus, King of Pergamum 32 Argyropoulos, John 367 Attalus (Methodist doctor) see Statilius Aristophanes 145–7 Attalus Aristotle/Aristotelian philosophy xvii, Attic usage 2, 51–3, 59, 64, 83 Galen’s preference for 144–5 coining of term ’Empiricism’ 171–2 move towards (’atticization’) 144–5 doctrine of the soul 186–7, 189, 193, ’attraction of the specific property’ 271 197–8, 200, 201, 202, 203, Aubrey, John 378 234 Augustine of Hippo, St 42 and element/humour theory 211–12, Averroes (Ibn Rushd) 86 214–15, 217, 236, 237, 238, 307–9, Avicenna (Ibn Sina) 86, 355 319; influence on Galen 215–16, Canon 364 218, 219–20, 221 axioms 71–2, 79, 110–12, 115, 166, 181 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81954-1 - The Cambridge Companion to Galen Edited by R. 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Hankinson Index More information Index 437 Barbaro, Ermolao 368 Carneades, Academy of 161, 163, Barnes, Jonathan 105, 113, 115, 131, 202 146–7 carotid artery Benedetti, Alessandro 367, 369, 374 ligature, effect of 269 Berengario da Carpi 375 naming of 121, 135–6 Bessarion, Johannes 367, 370 categories, Aristotelian theory of 85, The Best Doctor Is Also a Philosopher 105, 107–8 (Opt.Med.) 42–3 cause(s) blood, medical theories relating to 104, antecedent/preceding 230, 240, 291–2 219, 237, 238, 274–5 containing 229, 239 experimental investigation 270 distinguished from bodies/signs 299 see also arteries; menstrual blood; external 172–3, 229–30 veins final 239, 266 bloodletting xvi, 296–7 identification of, as purpose 296–7 medical/philosophical principle specifications for use 297 60–1, 65 see also cupping-glass instrumental 239 Bobzien, Susanne 98–9, 115 interaction 241 Boethus, Flavius role in therapeutics 291–2 patronage of Galen 8, 11–13, 25 types 226–7, 266 philosophical stance 44, 48 see also faculties; teleology wife cured by Galen 2, 13–14, 23 celestial bodies, as evidence of design Boudon, Veronique´ 1 234–5, 241 brain Celsus 35, 246, 300–1, 367 analogy with other body parts 254–56 Chalcondylas, Demetrius 375 etymology 133–5 Champier, Symphorien 370 experimental investigation 247, Chartier, Rene´ 371 249–53, 272 Chaucer, Goeffrey xvi medical theories relating to 46–7, children 56–8, 74, 75–83, 114, 187–8, 191, formation of character 197, 207–8 242–3, 260, 268–70, 277 health care 299–300 observation (in humans) 252 and humour theory 221 vascular structures 253–6 see also newborns see also aqueduct; choroid plexus; chitonˆ (tunic/pericardium), retiform plexus; ventricles etymology/correct use 129 Brasavola, Antonio Musa 373 choroid plexus 253 breathing chreia (need/purpose/function), of body Galen’s works on 29, 149–50, 156, parts 228–9 264–5 Christians/Christianity, influence of and nutrition 275–8 Galen on 358 purpose 277–8 Chrysippus 43, 76, 161, 236 as voluntary activity 275–7 Galen’s commentaries on 327, Brock, Arthur xvi 331 theories of the soul, critiqued by Caelius Aurelianus 300 Galen 189, 190, 192, 195–6, 207, Caius, John 372–3, 374, 377, 388 268 Callierges and Vlastos (publishing firm) use/theories of language, critiqued by 369 Galen 118, 123–6, 127, 128–9, 132, Callistus 22 147, 148–9 Caracalla, Emperor 20 Cicero, M. Tullius 163 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81954-1 - The Cambridge Companion to Galen Edited by R. J. Hankinson Index More information 438 Index clarity hostility towards Galen 36, 39–40 importance to communication 145–7 see also names of obstacles to 147–52 medical/philosophical schools as principle of commentary 336–7, Cop, Guillaume 370 352 Cornarius, Janus 377 Clement, John 370 correctness of names 118–43, 155 coction, processes of 254–5 debate on existence 126, 129 Codrus, Urceus 367 external/internal 127–9, 130, 153–4, Collenuccio, Pandolfo 368 155 colour 237 importance of issue 137–43 commentaries (by Galen) (lack of) medical relevance 129–32, bibliography 323–32 137–8, 155 categories 325–6, 327 role of common understanding 121, chronology 332–6 145 cited by other commentators 350 typology 120–1, 152 didactic purpose 347–8 see also misnomers duty to subject of commentary 338–9 Corti, Matteo 374, 375, 376 exegetical method 336–40, 343–4 Crafftheim, Crato von 372–73 failings 339–40, 348 cupping-glass 173, 183 influence of existing traditions Cynic philosophy 14, 30 329–30, 335–6, 349, 352 see also Diogenes the Cynic intended audience 324 introduction of da Monte, Giambattista 373, 376, 387 post-Hippocratic/Hellenistic theory Dante (Alighieri) xv–xvi 344–6 Daremberg, Charles 380 lemmatology 341–7 de Boer, Wilko xx originality 330–2 de Lacy, Phillip xx–xxi, 77, 205 prefaces/introductions 341–3 Debru, Arnelle 178, 223 reasons for writing 333–5, 336, 337 definition, role in diagnostic method see also Aristotle; Hippocrates; Plato 59–60, 167–8 Commentary on the Hippocratic Oath Deichgraber,¨ Karl 380, 389–90 356 Demiurge, Galen’s notion of 218, 227–8, Commodus, Prince/Emperor 233–4, 239, 266 Galen’s medical care of xv, 15–16, 19 Democritus 263, 294 personality/reign 19 demonstration(s) 69–75 referenced in Galen’s works 20–1, 32 defining features 70–4 communication Galen’s works on 66–7, 116 as function of language 138–43 importance in medicine 165–9, 264 Galen’s regrets of need for words 140 importance in study of logic 91, importance of audience 142 100–5, 158 threats to 152 ingredients for success 79–83 see also clarity see also public demonstrations composition, as logical category 85 Descartes, Rene´ xvi conflict, states of (in logic) 96–9 diaeresis see division incomplete 101–2 diagnosis contemporaries (doctors/medical Galen’s (descriptions of) successes theorists/philosophers), Galen’s 5–11, 15–19 dealings with 8–9, 13, 34–5 Galen’s methods 16–17, 59–62 Galen’s criticisms of methods 23–4, diatritos see three-day fast 39–42, 149–50, 155–6, 165, 291 Didius Julianus, Emperor 20 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-81954-1 - The Cambridge Companion to Galen Edited by R.
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