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Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus [2] ( Greek: Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen ( / ˈɡeɪlən /) or Galen of Pergamon, [3] was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. [4] [5] [6] Considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen ...
Oct 15, 2019 · Definition. Galen (129-216 CE) was a Greek physician, author, and philosopher, working in Rome, who influenced both medical theory and practice until the middle of the 17th century CE. Owning a large, personal library, he wrote hundreds of medical treatises including anatomical, physiological, pharmaceutical, and therapeutic works.
- Donald L. Wasson
Aug 6, 2011 · Today, Galen of Pergamon is best known as the most influential exponent of the ancient world's cumbersome medical doctrines—especially humoral theory—and for many subtle anatomical discoveries, as well as mistakes about human anatomy and physiology. Galen is antiquity's most prolific author in Greek, and his works formed the basis of medical education in the Byzantine empire and in Europe ...
- Susan Mattern
- 2011
Jul 15, 2014 · Galen (129–c. 216 AD) was a key figure in the early development of Western physiology. His teachings incorporated much of the ancient Greek traditions including the work of Hippocrates and Aristotle. Galen himself was a well-educated Greco-Roman physician and physiologist who at one time was a physician to the gladiators in Pergamon. Later he moved to Rome, where he was associated with the ...
- John B. West
- 2014
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Galen believed that dissection was essential to medical understanding. Galen is a giant in the history of medicine and casts a long shadow. His medical theories dominated European medicine for 1500 years. He was a Greek physician who practiced in Rome, becoming physician to five Roman emperors.
- Rachel Hajar
- 10.4103/1995-705X.102164
- 2012
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The Greek physician Galen of Pergamum (AD 129–c.216) was the first major systematizer of medical practice and theory in the ancient world. His work had its basis in the ideas of his predecessor Hippocrates of Cos (460–375 BC) as well as Platonic, Aristotelian, and Stoic philosophy. As Galen persuasively argued that medicine was both an art ...
Lived 129 A.D. – c. 216 A.D. Galen’s medical doctrine dominated the Western and Arab worlds for close to 1500 years. Galen was a Greek who became the Roman Empire’s greatest physician, authoring more books still in existence than any other Ancient Greek: about 20,000 pages of his work survive. He was the personal physician to Rome’s ...
