: Galen's Commentary on the Hippocratic Aphorisms

Galen's Commentary on the Hippocratic Aphorisms

Aphorism of the Month

As for the seasons, in spring and early summer children and those following them in age are in the best condition and healthiest; in summer and part of autumn, old men are; and during the rest (of autumn) and in winter, the middle-aged. (III.18)

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Galen's Commentary on the Hippocratic Aphorisms | Gregor Vetterlein - Project

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Galeni in Hippocratis aphorismorum librum III commentarium - eine kritische Edition und Übersetzung

Most of the seven books of Galen's commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates are still available in an edition of the 19th century only: K. G. Kühn (Hrsg.), Claudii Galeni opera omnia (1821-1833). As neither the selection of manuscripts available to this physician and historian of medicine nor his translation into Latin meet most of the readers expectation nowadays, this doctoral project will analyse the manyfold tradition of manuscripts of the third book towards a critical edition and give a translation into German. It adds to the works by Dr. Giulia Ecca, Dr. Christina Savino and Maria Börno who finished or are in the process of editing books V, VI and VII.