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Galen - Wikipedia. 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.
Jun 14, 2024 · Galen, Greek physician, writer, and philosopher who exercised a dominant influence on medical theory and practice in Europe from the Middle Ages until the mid-17th century. His authority in the Byzantine world and the Muslim Middle East was similarly long-lived.
Galen was one of the most prominent ancient physicians as well as a philosopher (though most of his philosophical writings are lost). Nonetheless, his philosophical interests are quite evident in his practice of biological science. Galen made some key anatomical observations (though most of these were on other primates).
Oct 15, 2019 · 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.
Mar 18, 2016 · Galen was one of the most prolific intellectuals of western antiquity, his works extending to 21 volumes of roughly 1000 pages each in the standard Greek edition (with a few additional works surviving only in Arabic, Syriac, Hebrew or Latin translations)—a total of more than 4 million words.
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 Aristotl...
Galen of Pergamum (129–199/217 AD) was a prominent Greek physician and philosopher from Pergamon, a Greek city in western Asia Minor. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was an important medical researcher in the Roman Empire and his theories influenced Western medical science for over a thousand years. [5]
Galen , Latin Galenus, (born ad 129, Pergamum, Mysia, Anatolia—died c. 216), Greek physician, writer, and philosopher. He became chief physician to the gladiators in ad 157. Later, in Rome, he became a friend of Marcus Aurelius and physician to Commodus.
q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z. Claudius Galen © Galen was a physician, writer and philosopher who became the most famous doctor in the Roman Empire and whose theories dominated European medicine...
Aug 6, 2011 · 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 for many centuries. But Galen saw himself mainly as a medical practitioner and not as an anatomist, theorist, or researcher.
