Galen, Ancient Greek physician

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Galen, Ancient Greek physician

Galen (130-200 AD), Ancient Greek physician. After Galens death, his body of work became a medical authority among Europeans until his views on anatomy were overthrown by Vesalius (16th century) and those on physiology by Harvey (17th century). In Galens time, human dissection was taboo, and Galens anatomical assumptions, which were based on animals, were not, as it was later seen, always applicable to humans. He was the first to use the pulse as a diagnostic aid and the first to describe the flow of urine through the ureters to the bladder. This bust is held at the National Museum of Naples, Italy

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