GALEN ON THE AFFECTED PARTS

BOOK I.

Chapter 1. Not only the more recent physicians, but also many of the ancient ones, call the parts of the body places original: "locos" (Latin) / "τόπους" (Greek); in this context, Galen refers to specific anatomical locations or organs as "places" where disease resides.. These physicians strive to diagnose the conditions original: "affectus" / "πάθη"; these are the specific ailments or functional disturbances affecting the body. within these parts. This is necessary because the treatment itself must be changed according to the differences between those locations. The degree to which such knowledge is useful for healing is explained in my work titled original: "Methodus Medendi"; this refers to Galen's major work "The Method of Medicine," which focuses on the principles of therapeutics. The Method of Medicine. For the present, however, my goal is simply to examine how one might diagnose which parts are suffering. The parts located on the surface of the body, along with...