Galen
Subtitle: On the Properties of Foodstuffs
Contributors: John Wilkins (Foreword)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 17, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780521812429
Subjects: Dietetics & nutrition; History of medicine; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; BCE to c 500 CE; History: World; Diets - General; Medical / Nursing; Ancient - Greece; History; Galen; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - General; De alimentorum facultatibus; Early works to 1800; Galen.; Nutrition
First sentence: Translation of ancient Greek 'scientific' texts presents a number of problems and reliance upon the standard dictionaries is risky.