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Galenic Dietetics

Galenic Dietetics REVIEW ESSAYS GALENIC DIETETICS JULIUS ROCCA Karolinska Institutet, Stockjcolm Mark Grant. Galen on Food and Diet (London and New York: Routledge, 2000), pp. 224 £55.00 ISBN 0 415 23232 5 (hardback); £17.99 ISBN 0 415 23233 3 (paperback). One would not expect a reference to Aristophanes' Merchant ,Ships in a discussion on the properties of wild chickling (arakos), unless, that is, the writer in question is Galen. The reference, by the way, is to be found in Book I of Galen's magisterial On the Powers of Foodstu f fs (De alimentis fac.ultatibu.s) , and in citing what is either Aristophanes' first or second play (427 or 426 BC), Galen notes that arakos is spelt with a "k," but in the area where he resides the inhabitants spell it with "ch." This arguably tells us more about Galen than about wild chickling, for it illustrates not only Galen's desire to cite a literary source-reinforcing his image as erudite physician-but his obsessive, Gatenic, attention to detail, which reinforces his image of near omniscience. It is hardly surprising that the most prolific medical author of antiquity would not fail to consider food and drink as part of his professional sphere of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early Science and Medicine Brill

Galenic Dietetics

Early Science and Medicine , Volume 8 (1): 44 – Jan 1, 2003

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Brill
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© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1383-7427
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1573-3823
DOI
10.1163/157338203X00134
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REVIEW ESSAYS GALENIC DIETETICS JULIUS ROCCA Karolinska Institutet, Stockjcolm Mark Grant. Galen on Food and Diet (London and New York: Routledge, 2000), pp. 224 £55.00 ISBN 0 415 23232 5 (hardback); £17.99 ISBN 0 415 23233 3 (paperback). One would not expect a reference to Aristophanes' Merchant ,Ships in a discussion on the properties of wild chickling (arakos), unless, that is, the writer in question is Galen. The reference, by the way, is to be found in Book I of Galen's magisterial On the Powers of Foodstu f fs (De alimentis fac.ultatibu.s) , and in citing what is either Aristophanes' first or second play (427 or 426 BC), Galen notes that arakos is spelt with a "k," but in the area where he resides the inhabitants spell it with "ch." This arguably tells us more about Galen than about wild chickling, for it illustrates not only Galen's desire to cite a literary source-reinforcing his image as erudite physician-but his obsessive, Gatenic, attention to detail, which reinforces his image of near omniscience. It is hardly surprising that the most prolific medical author of antiquity would not fail to consider food and drink as part of his professional sphere of

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Published: Jan 1, 2003

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