Galen and the Gateway to Medicine (Living History Library)
The average reader will spend 2 hours and 4 minutes reading this book at 250 WPM (words per minute).
To find your reading speed you can take one of our WPM tests.
Sponsored Content
Book Info
Author
Bendick, Jeanne
Word Count
31,000 words
based on page count
Pages
124 pages
Buy
Edition Publisher
Bethlehem Books
Edition Publish Date
2002-09-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 1883937752
ISBN-13: 9781883937751
Description
We know about Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. But we owe nearly as much to Galen, a physician born in 129 A.D. at the height of the Roman Empire. Galen's acute diagnoses of patients, botanical wisdom, and studies of physiology were recorded in numerous books, handed down through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Not least, Galen passed on the medical tradition of respect for life. In this fascinating biography for young people, Jeanne Bendick brings Galen's Roman world to life with the clarity, humor, and outstanding content we enjoyed in Archimedes and the Door to Science. An excellent addition to the home, school and to libraries. Illustrated by the Author.
Sponsored Content