Galen: On blood, the pulse, and the arteries

Journal of the History of Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-230

  Boylan, Michael ^a  

^a MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient Medicine; Arteries; Blood; Erasistratus; Galen; Herophilus; Pneuma; Praxagoras; Pulse

Indexed keywords

ARTERY; CIRCULATION; FUNCTIONS OF THE HEMIC, LYMPHATIC AND RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEMS; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; REVIEW;

ARTERIES; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PULSE;

EID: 34347331252     PISSN: 00225010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10739-006-9116-2     Document Type: Review

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