Galen's commentary on the Hippocratic treatise On the Nature of Man. He interprets and defends Hippocrates' theory of the four humours, treating this text as the foundation of rational medicine.
Start ReadingGalen interprets the Hippocratic treatise on the nature of man, defending the four-humour theory.
Galen defends the four-humour theory against rival accounts, completing his interpretation of this foundational Hippocratic text.