Galen, De diebus decretoriis, from Greek into Arabic

This volume presents the first edition of the Arabic translation, by Hunayn ibn Ishaq, of Galen''s Critical Days (De diebus decretoriis), together with the first translation of the text into a modern language. The substantial introduction contextualizes the treatise within the Greek and Arabic traditions. Galen''s Critical Days was a founding text of astrological medicine. In febrile illnesses, t...