Galen, De diebus decretoriis, from Greek into Arabic: A Critical Edition, with Translation and Commentary, of Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Kitab ayyam al-buhran

By Galen and Glen M. Cooper

This book presents the first edition, translation, and study of Hunayn ibn Ishaq's Arabic translation of the Galenic treatise De diebus decretoriis (kitab ayyam al-buhran 'Concerning the Critical Days'). It makes available this key text on prognosis in medicine, and at the same time throws new light on the activities of perhaps the most important translator in 9th-century Baghdad.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0754656349
• ISBN13: 9780754656340
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"