The Complete Works of Galen, Vol. 19 (1821) - Page 8

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XIX.


I.	How to detect those who feign illness original: "Quomodo simulantes morbum deprehendendi." This work explains how physicians can identify patients pretending to be sick to avoid public duties or legal obligations.	page 1
II.	On his own books	page 8
III.	On the order of his books Galen wrote these two works (II and III) as a guide for his students, providing a bibliography of his authentic writings and the recommended sequence for studying them.	page 49
IV.	Glossary Specifically, a dictionary of rare or obsolete terms found in the works of Hippocrates.	page 62
V.	Whether that which is carried in the womb is a living being	page 158
VI.	On the regimen in acute diseases according to Hippocrates	page 182
VII.	On philosophical history	page 222
VIII.	Medical definitions	page 346
IX.	That qualities are incorporeal	page 463
X.	On the humors	page 485
XI.	On foreknowledge original: "De praenotione." Also known as "On Prognosis," where Galen describes his successful clinical predictions.	page 497
XII.	Entirely true and tested foretelling	page 512
XIII.	On bloodletting original: "De venae sectione." This refers to the practice of phlebotomy, a common treatment in ancient medicine.	page 519
XIV.	Prognostics on the onset of illness based on mathematical science original: "Prognostica de decubita e mathem. scientia." This work involves medical astrology, using the positions of the stars at the moment a patient falls ill to predict the disease's course.	page 529
XV.	A book on urines attributed to Galen original: "Galeno adscr. lib. de urinis." This indicates the editor believes the work may not be by Galen himself but was traditionally associated with him.	page 574
XVI.	A compendium on urines	page 602
XVII.	On urines according to Hippocrates, Galen, and others	page 607