Galen

Also known as Claudius Galenus, Aelius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (; September 129 – CE), often anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. Considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen influenced the development of various scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic.

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Galen was a Roman and Greek physician and philosopher who lived in the 2nd century CE and is considered one of antiquity's greatest medical researchers. His work profoundly shaped the development of multiple scientific fields including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as influencing philosophy and logic.

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Born: 130 A.D.
Died: 201 A.D.
Works: 687

Top works

Pseudogaleni in Hippocratis De septimanis commentarium ab Hunaino q. f. arabice versum
Galen On the natural faculties
A translation of Galen's Hygiene (De sanitate tuenda)
Therapeutica methodo de Galeno enlo que toca a cirurgia
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Triblock Copolymer Syntheses of Mesoporous Silica with Periodic 50 to 300 Angstrom Pores
· 1998 · cited 10,891x
Nonionic Triblock and Star Diblock Copolymer and Oligomeric Surfactant Syntheses of Highly Ordered, Hydrothermally Stable, Mesoporous Silica Structures
· 1998 · cited 6,187x
The Immune Landscape of Cancer
· 2018 · cited 4,681x
An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics
· 2018 · cited 3,057x
Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas
· 2018 · cited 2,741x

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Quotes

“But it is best of all to look at the human skeleton with your own eyes.”
“The fact is that those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!”
“That which is, grows, while that which is not, becomes.”
“Diogenes compared them to fig-trees growing over precipices; for their fruit was devoured by daws and crows, not by men.”
“Much music marreth men's manners.”
“He who has two cakes of bread, let him dispose of one of them for some flowers of the narcissus; for bread is the food of the body, and the narcissus is the food of the soul.”

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Key facts

Scientist.name: Galen
Scientist.native_name: Κλαύδιος Γαληνός
Scientist.image: Galenus.jpg
Scientist.caption: A 17th-century engraving by Georg P. Busch
Scientist.birth_date: 129 CE
Scientist.birth_place: Pergamon, Roman Asia
Scientist.death_date: CE (aged )
Scientist.death_place: Unknown
Scientist.fields: AnatomyMedicinePhilosophy

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Wikidata facts

Place of birth: Pergamon
Image: Galen detail.jpg
Residence: Pergamon

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present in work: The Divine Comedy
Commons category: Galenus of Pergamum
date of birth: 0129-09-00
date of death: 0300-00-00
name in native language: Claudius Galenus
P8168: La Croix-Saint-Leufroy
P12749: Raimund Friedrich Kaindl
P13311: Spriana
Commons Creator page: Galen
significant place: Pergamon

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26 sections

Contents

Biography
Medical education
Rome
The Antonine Plague
Later years
Medicine
Anatomy
Localization of function
Philosophy
Opposition to the Stoics
Psychology
Mind–body problem
Psychotherapy
Published works
Legacy
Late antiquity
Medieval Islam
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Contemporary scholarship
See also
Notes
Sources
Further reading
Primary sources
External links

The son of Aelius Nicon, a wealthy Greek architect with scholarly interests, Galen received a comprehensive education that prepared him for a successful career as a physician and philosopher. Born in the ancient city of Pergamon (present-day Bergama, Turkey), Galen traveled extensively, exposing himself to a wide variety of medical theories and discoveries before settling in Rome, where he served prominent members of Roman society and eventually was given the position of personal physician to several emperors.