A systematic treatise on the causes of symptoms. Galen examines how different diseases produce their characteristic symptoms, tracing the causal chain from underlying pathology to observable clinical signs across three books.
Start ReadingGalen classifies the causes of symptoms affecting function, activity, and excretion — tracing from disease to clinical signs.
Causes of symptoms affecting bodily functions. Galen traces how disturbances in digestion, respiration, and other functions produce their characteristic signs.
Causes of symptoms in excretion and voluntary movement. Galen completes his systematic analysis of the causal chain from disease to observable symptom.