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INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONER
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Galen, Unknown (Dr)
Physician, writer and philosopher
(129AD - c216AD)
Galen became one of the most famous doctors of the Roman Empire and his theories were still prevalent as much as 1,500 years later. When he was 16 he began studying medicine which he studied at Pergamum (his birth town), at Smyrna, which is now modern day Turkey. He then studied at Alexandria in Egypt which was a renowned medical centre of its time. After which he returned to Pergamum where he became chief physician for gladiators that were under the power of the high priest of Asia. He then moved to Rome where he remained and was the physician for many emperors. He preferred the experimental method of medical investigation and from his examinations of dissected animals he started to make discoveries including that of urine being formed in the kidneys and arteries being a vessel for carrying blood.
Referred to as: GalenDEP/DUA/1/32/33 DEP/DUA/1/43/26
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Galen, Unknown (Dr)
Physician, writer and philosopher
(129AD - c216AD)
Galen became one of the most famous doctors of the Roman Empire and his theories were still prevalent as much as 1,500 years later. When he was 16 he began studying medicine which he studied at Pergamum (his birth town), at Smyrna, which is now modern day Turkey. He then studied at Alexandria in Egypt which was a renowned medical centre of its time. After which he returned to Pergamum where he became chief physician for gladiators that were under the power of the high priest of Asia. He then moved to Rome where he remained and was the physician for many emperors. He preferred the experimental method of medical investigation and from his examinations of dissected animals he started to make discoveries including that of urine being formed in the kidneys and arteries being a vessel for carrying blood.
Referred to as: Galen
DEP/DUA/1/32/33 DEP/DUA/1/43/26
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Galen, Unknown (Dr)
