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Galen

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Ga·len  (gln) a.d. 130?-200?
Greek anatomist, physician, and writer. His theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance.

Galen [ˈgeɪlən]
n
(Biographies / Galen (?130-?200) M, Greek, MEDICINE: physician, MEDICINE: anatomist, SCIENCE: physiologist) Latin name Claudius Galenus. ?130-?200 ad, Greek physician, anatomist, and physiologist. He codified existing medical knowledge and his authority continued until the Renaissance

Galen  (gln) 130?-200? ce.
Greek anatomist, physician, and writer who developed numerous theories about the structures and functions of the human body, many of which were based on information he gained from dissecting animals. Galen's theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance.
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Noun1.Galen - Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
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Galen [ˈgeɪlən] NGaleno


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Socrates, Aristotle, Galen, were men full of ostentation.
The oldest doctor in town contented himself with remarking that no such thing as inoculation was mentioned by Galen or Hippocrates; and it was impossible that modern physicians should be wiser than those old sages.
No wonder the medical fogies in Middlemarch are jealous, when some of the greatest doctors living were fierce upon Vesalius because they had believed in Galen, and he showed that Galen was wrong.
 
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