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Greek: Γαληνός, Latin: Claudius Galenus of Pergamum (129-200 AD), better known in English as Galen, was an ancient Greek physician. His views dominated European medicine for over a thousand years.
Life
Galen was born in Pergamum (modern-day Bergama, Turkey), the son of Nicon, a wealthy architect. His interests were eclectic - agriculture, architecture, astronomy, astrology, philosophy — until he finally concentrated on medicine.
By the age of twenty he had become a therapeutes ("attendant" or "associate") of the god Asclepius in the local temple for four years. After his father's death in 148 or 149, he left to study abroad in Smyrna, Corinth and Alexandria over a period of twelve years. When he returned to Pergamum in 157, he worked as a physician in a gladiator school for three or four years. During this time he gained much experience of trauma and wound treatment. He later regarded wounds as "windows into the body".
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Härlig middag med Nina, Ida & Maria:D har inte sovit så mycket. är & jobbar på jobb2 nu. Längtarrrr så till augusti att jag blir galen:D
JamshidiHaida (Haida Jamshidi) Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:16:20 -0000
Härlig middag med Nina, Ida & Maria:D har inte sovit så mycket. är & jobbar på jobb2 nu. Längtarrrr så till augusti att jag blir galen:D
Galen, Nina - Author of the satiric novellas-in-verse KROH and CROC.
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