On The Natural Faculties is a medical treatise written by the Greek physician Galen in the 2nd century AD. The book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different aspect of the human body: the faculties of nutrition, respiration, and sensation. Galen discusses the functions of various organs and systems, such as the liver, heart, and brain, and explores how they work together to maintain bodily health. He also delves into the causes and symptoms of diseases, and offers advice on how to prevent and treat them. The ...
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On The Natural Faculties is a medical treatise written by the Greek physician Galen in the 2nd century AD. The book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a different aspect of the human body: the faculties of nutrition, respiration, and sensation. Galen discusses the functions of various organs and systems, such as the liver, heart, and brain, and explores how they work together to maintain bodily health. He also delves into the causes and symptoms of diseases, and offers advice on how to prevent and treat them. The book is a valuable resource for understanding the medical knowledge and practices of the ancient world, and has had a lasting impact on the field of medicine....everything is in sympathy. According to Asclepiades, however, nothing is naturally in sympathy with anything else, all substance being divided and broken up into inharmonious elements and absurd ""molecules."" Necessarily, then, besides making countless other statements in opposition to plain fact, he was ignorant of Nature's faculties, both that attracting what is appropriate, and that expelling what is foreign.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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