GALENUS: PRINS OF PRONKER?

<p>The stature of Galen (129–200 AD) as the outstanding physician of antiquity is challenged only by Hippocrates (5th century BC). Born in Pergamum, educated there, in Smyrna, Corinth and Alexandria, he spent most of his life in Rome as practicing physician and compilor of an enormous...

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Main Authors: L. Cilliers, F.P. Retief
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbsoch University, Department of Ancient Studies 2012-03-01
Series:Akroterion
Online Access:http://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/101