Galen and the Gateway to Medicine (Living History Library)

by Jeanne Bendick

Paperback, 2002

Status

Available

Local notes

921 GAL

Barcode

5683

Publication

Bethlehem Books (2002), 131 pages

Description

Biography of a medical researcher who was born in 129 A.D. and whose work was a standard for the next 1300 years.

Subjects

Medicine Philosophy Juvenile literature

Medicine, Ancient Juvenile literature

Medicine, Greek and Roman Juvenile literature

Language

English

Original language

English

Physical description

131 p.; 5.5 x 0.5 inches

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LibraryThing member mwittkids

Galen was the chief physician to the gladiators. (Cool!) He was also the first to show that arteries carry blood, not air.

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Galen was the chief physician to the gladiators. He was the first to show arteries carry blood not air.

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