A foundational treatise on the theory of bodily temperaments. Galen develops his influential doctrine that health depends on the balance of four primary qualities — hot, cold, wet, and dry — and that every body, organ, and drug has its own characteristic temperament.
Start ReadingGalen develops his influential doctrine of bodily temperaments — health depends on the balance of hot, cold, wet, and dry.
The temperaments of individual organs. Galen examines how different parts of the body have different natural temperaments, and how imbalance produces disease.
Galen describes every bone in the human body — shape, size, articulations, and function — as a teaching manual for students.