SC - New book - Galen on Food and Diet - humoral theory

[Christina Nevin]

Saluti all,

Noticed on Amazon that this is coming out soon:

Galen on Food and Diet
GRANT, Mark  
Hardcover - 224 pages (14 September, 2000)  
Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd; 
ISBN: 0415232325	
Synopsis 
The modern world is fascinated by diet and the effect it can have on health,
with advice abounding on what we should or should not eat. This
preoccupation was also very much a feature of the ancient world, at least
among those who could afford the time and money to listen to the advice of a
doctor. At the apogee of ancient medical advances stood Galen (c.129-210
AD), once the personal physician to the emperor Marcus Aurelius. A prolific
writer, amongst his surviving works is what he believed to be the definitive
guide to a healthy diet, based on the theory of the four humours. In these
treatises Galen sets out this theory, which was to be profoundly influential
on medicine for many centuries, and describes in fascinating detail the
effects on health of a vast range of foods, from lettuce, lard and fish, to
peaches, pickles and hyacinths. This book makes all these texts available in
English, and provides many captivating insights into the ancient
understanding of food and health. The clear translations are supported an
introduction, helpful notes, and an extensive bibliography.

This is the guy who did the extremely good translation/introduction to
Anthimus' "On the observance of food". 

Al Servizio Vostro, e del Sogno
Lucrezia

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