03153nam 2200589 450 991016308910332120180306105406.090-04-33743-110.1163/9789004337435(CKB)3710000001034283(MiAaPQ)EBC4812528 2016052606(nllekb)BRILL9789004337435(EXLCZ)99371000000103428320170316h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPraxagoras of Cos on arteries, pulse and pneuma fragments and interpretation /by Orly LewisLeiden, Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill,2017.©20171 online resource (391 pages) illustrations, tablesStudies in Ancient Medicine,0925-1421 ;Volume 4890-04-33742-3 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Introduction -- Life and works -- Praxagoras and the history of medicine and philosophy -- The present study -- Part I. The fragments -- Introduction to the fragments and source-authors -- The fragments -- The source-authors -- Part II. The doctrines of Praxagoras -- Praxagoras on arteries and pulse -- What are the arteries? -- The origins of Praxagoras' conception of arteries -- The role of pneuma -- Conclusion -- The doctrines of Praxagoras -- Praxagoras in context : the place of his doctrines in the history of Greco-Roman medicine and philosophy.The distinction that Praxagoras of Cos (4th-3rd c. BC) made between arteries and veins and his views on pulsation and pneuma are two significant turning points in the history of ideas and medicine. In this book Orly Lewis presents the fragmentary evidence for this topic and offers a fresh analysis of Praxagoras’ views on the soul and the functions of the heart and pneuma. In so doing, she highlights the empirical basis of Praxagoras’ views and his engagement with earlier medical debates and with Aristotle’s physiology. The study consists of an edition and translation of the relevant fragments (some absent from the standard 1958 edition) followed by a commentary and a synthetic analysis of Praxagoras’ views and their place in the history of medicine and ideas.Studies in ancient medicine ;Volume 48.Medicine, Greek and RomanCardiovascular systemEarly works to 1800ArteriesEarly works to 1800VeinsEarly works to 1800PulseEarly works to 1800SoulEarly works to 1800Electronic books.Medicine, Greek and Roman.Cardiovascular systemArteriesVeinsPulseSoul610.938Lewis Orly977334MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910163089103321Praxagoras of Cos on arteries, pulse and pneuma2226388UNINA