81 3.2 The parts of the brain: orientation and nomenclature. пќЈпќЇпќ®пќґпќҐпќ®пќґпќі PART TWO THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BRAINД¬hapter Three: The exposure and dissection of the brain 3.1 Introduction. 2.4 GalenвЂ™s empirical substrate: animal material. 2.2 GalenвЂ™s claims for anatomical demonstration. Chapter Two: GalenвЂ™s methods and materials for the investigation of the brain 2.1 Introduction. 1.6 The second century AD: a recovery of anatomical knowledge. 1.5 Hellenistic medicine and the hegemonikon. 1.4 Aristotle on the brain and the heart. Д¬hapter One: The development of the hegemonic concept: the medical and philosophical background 1.1 Introduction. General Introduction: Galen and his time. To my mother, Joan Alice and to the memory of her parents, Emma Jane Crowley and Thomas Samuel BullДЄcknowledgments. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. ISSN 0925вЂ“1421 ISBN 90 04 12512 4 В© Copyright 2003 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is also available

вЂ“ Leiden Boston : Brill, 2003 (Studies in ancient medicine Vol. With kind permission of Professor Jonathan Stone, Department of Anatomy, and Professor Anne Sefton, Department of Physiology, University of Sydney.Дie Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Rocca, Julius: Galen on the brain Anatomical knowledge and physiological speculation in the second century AD/ by Julius Rocca. GALEN ON THE BRAIN Anatomical Knowledge and Physiological Speculation in the Second Century ADД¬over Illustration Galen in Roman dress forms part of a striking stained-glass triptych in the Old Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia. STUDIES IN ANCIENT MEDICINE Citation preview

PART ONE THE FRAMEWORK OF GALENвЂ™S ANATOMICAL METHODOLOGYД¬hapter One: The development of the hegemonic concept: the medical and philosophical backgroundДЎ.5 Hellenistic medicine and the hegemonikonДЎ.6 The second century AD: a recovery of anatomical knowledgeД¬hapter Two: GalenвЂ™s methods and materials for the investigation of the brainДў.2 GalenвЂ™s claims for anatomical demonstrationДў.4 GalenвЂ™s empirical substrate: animal materialД¬hapter Three: The exposure and dissection of the brainДЈ.2 The parts of the brain: orientation and nomenclatureДЈ.3 The cranial cavity and the anatomical exposure of the brainДЈ.4 The meninges (i): the dura mater and the dural foldingsДЈ.5 The meninges (ii): the dural venous sinusesДЈ.6 The meninges (iii): the venous sinuses and the torcular HerophiliДЈ.8 Ventricular protection and support: the brainвЂ™s deeper bodiesД¬hapter Four: The anatomy of the ventricular systemД¤.2 Ventricular symmetry: a constructed harmonyД¤.3 An overview of GalenвЂ™s ventricular systemД¤.6 The вЂњduct of ErasistratusвЂќ and the vermiform epiphysisД¤.7 The вЂњcavity of HerophilusвЂќ: the fourth ventricleД¬hapter Five: A methodology of ventricular functionДҐ.2 GalenвЂ™s method of ventricular experimentationДҐ.3 The effects of pressure: chance and the youth from SmyrnaДҐ.4 Pressure as an experimental techniqueД¬hapter Six: The elaboration of psychic pneumaД¦.3 The physiology of the retiform plexus: GalenвЂ™s вЂњparadigmвЂќ for pneumatic elaborationД¦.4 The anatomy and physiology of the choroid plexusД¦.6 The limits of Galenic pneumatic physiologyДЄppendix One The doctrine of ventricular localisationДЄppendix Two Galenism and the status of the retiform plexus

GALEN ON THE BRAIN: Anatomical Knowledge and Physiological Speculation in the Second Century AD

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