Prince of Medicine Galen in the Roman Empire

Name: Prince of Medicine Galen in the Roman Empire
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ISBN: 9780199767670

ISBN-10: 019976767X

ISBN-13: 9780199767670

Edition: 2013

Authors: Susan P. Mattern

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The remarkable career of Galen of Pergamum (A.D. 129 - 216) began as a provincial medic tending to wounded gladiators in Asia Minor. It ended at the very heart of Roman power as one of a small circle of court physicians to the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Susan Mattern'sThe Prince of Medicineoffers the first authoritative biography of this brilliant, audacious, and profoundly influential figure.Like many Greek intellectuals living in the high Roman Empire, Galen was a prodigious polymath, writing on subjects as varied as ethics and eczema, grammar and gout. Indeed, he was highly regarded in his lifetime as much for his philosophical works as for his medical treatises, and his writings,…

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 9.30" wide x 6.20" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Susan P. Mattern is an associate professor of history at the University of Georgia.



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations of Galen's Works


Chronological Chart


List of Maps


Prologue The Rancid Cheese



Pergamum



Learning Medicine



The Gladiators



Rome



Anatomy and Boethus



Marcus Aurelius and the Plague



Galen and his Patients



The Fire


Epilogue East and West; Or, Galen and Two Disciples


Bibliography


Index