Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on text, arrangement and translation; List of abbreviations; Sigla, editions; 1. Introduction; Part I. Herophilus: 2. Life; 3. Writings; 4. The parts of the art of medicine; 5. Theory of method and cause; 6. Anatomy; 7. Physiology and pathology; 8. Regimen and therapeutics; 9. Hippocratic exegesis; Varia; Part II. The Herophileans: 10. Herophilus and the herophileans; 11. Andreas; 12. Callianax; 13. Callimachus; 14. Bacchius; 15. Zeno; 16. Demetrius of Apamea; 17. Hegetor; 18. Mantias; 19. Dioscurides phacas; 20. Chrysermus; 21. Zeuxis (philalethes?); 22. Alexander Philalethes; 23. Apollonius Mys; 24. Heraclides of Erythrae; 25. Aristoxenus; 26. Cydias; 27. Gaius; 28. Demosthenes Philalethes; Appendix; Addenda; Bibliography; Index locorom; Index of Greek words; General index.

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Von Staden assembles the fragmentary evidence concerning one of the more important scientists of ancient Greece.

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"We have been waiting for a long time for an authoritative collection of this ancient material. Now we have more than we could have hoped for...Quite simply, von Staden's Herophilus is one of the finest and richest pieces of classical scholarship to have appeared in many years...Its impact, not only on the study of ancient medicine, but on science and philosophy is only beginning to be felt." J.T. Vallance, Ancient Philosophy "One of the highest achievements of 20th Century scholarship in ancient Greek medicine" Paul Potter, University of Western Ontario, Bulletin of the History of Medicine