The prince of medicine : Galen in the Roman Empire / Susan P. Mattern.

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Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - ca. 216) began his remarkable career tending to wounded gladiators in provincial Asia Minor. Later in life he achieved great distinction as one of a small circle of court physicians to the family of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, at the very heart of Roman society. Susan Matt...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mattern, Susan P., 1966-
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Galen. Physicians > Rome > Biography. Physicians > Greece > Biography. Physicians. History of Medicine. History, Ancient. Roman World. Biographies.
Genre:	Biography. Biographies.
Physical Description:	xx, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Variant Title:	Galen in the Roman world.
Format:	Book

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