Aristotle vs Galen: Medieval Reception of Ancient Embryology - Medieval Medicine and the 13th Century Controversy over Plurality/Unicity of Substantial Form -

In their embryology, Aristotle and Galen greatly disagreed on the role of human derived materials like menstrual blood and vaginal secretion (called by them female sperm or semen). This gap made those two ancients also disagree on their understanding of mother’s role in the generation of the human b...

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Main Author: Hyun Sok CHUNG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for the History of Medicine 2019-04-01
Series:Uisahak
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Online Access:http://www.medhist.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjmh-28-1-239.pdf