The Complete Works of Galen, Vol. 1

29. On the usefulness of the parts of the human body, seventeen books. 30. On the organ of smell. 31. On affected places This work focuses on identifying the specific organ or body part where a disease is located., six books. 32. On the differences of fevers, two books. 33. On the timing of diseases. 34. On the use of respiration. 35. On the use of pulses. 36. A handbook on pulses for beginners. 37. On the differences of pulses, four books. 38. On the diagnosis of pulses, four books. 39. On the causes of pulses, four books. 40. On prognosis from pulses, four books. 41. A summary of his sixteen books on pulses. 42. On critical days Galen believed specific days in the course of an illness were decisive for recovery or death., three books. 43. On crises, three books. 44. On difficulty of breathing, three books. 45. On triggering causes Latin: "procatarcticis." These are external causes, such as heat or cold, that initiate an illness.. 46. On fullness Also known as "plethora," the overabundance of humors in the body.. 47. On swellings contrary to nature. 48. On trembling, palpitation, convulsion, and shivering. 49. On the temperaments and powers of simple medicines, eleven books. 50. The medical art. 51. On the differences of diseases. 52. On the causes of diseases. 53. On the difference of symptoms, three books. 54. On the composition of medicines according to the affected parts, ten books. 55. On the composition of medicines according to types, seven books. 56. The therapeutic method, fourteen books. 57. To Glaucon on the therapeutic method, two books. 58. On bloodletting against Erasistratus Erasistratus was an earlier physician who opposed bloodletting; Galen wrote several works defending the practice.. 59. On bloodletting against the followers of Erasistratus living in Rome. 60. On the method of cure by bloodletting. 61. On wasting away Referring to atrophy or the decline of body mass.. 62. Advice for an epileptic boy. 63. A book addressed to Thrasybulus: whether hygiene belongs to medicine or to gymnastics. 64. On a thinning diet A diet intended to thin thick or sluggish humors.. 65. On the preservation of health, six books. 66. On the properties of foodstuffs, three books. 67. On the good and bad juices of foods Juice here refers to the chyle, the fluid produced by digestion that turns into blood.. 68. That the character of the soul follows the temperaments of the body. 69. An explanation of the obsolete words or phrases used by Hippocrates. 70. On seven-month births. 71. On his own books. 72. On the order of his books, addressed to Eugenianus. 73. On barley water. 74. On exercise with the small ball. 75. On leeches, revulsion A technique of drawing blood or humors away from a diseased area to a distant part of the body., cupping, incision, and scarification. 76. How to detect those who are faking illness. 77. On diagnosis from dreams. 78. On the diagnosis and cure of the emotions of one's own soul. 79. On the diagnosis and remedy of the errors of any soul. 80. On prognosis, addressed to Epigenes. 81. On antidotes, two books. 82. On the formation of the fetus.

X. Books of suspect origin. 83. Introduction, or the Physician. 84. On the empirical sketch Related to the "Empiricist" school of medicine, which relied on experience rather than theory.. 85. On the voice and breath. 86. On the use of respiration. 87. Whether that which is in the womb is a living animal. 88. Whether all parts of an animal that is being formed are created at the same time. 89. On habits. 90. On