• DOI:10.1152/ajplung.00123.2014
Corpus ID: 5656712

Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology.

@article{West2014GalenAT,
  title={Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology.},
  author={J. West},
  journal={American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology},
  year={2014},
  volume={307 2},
  pages={
          L121-8
        }
}

J. West

Published 2014

Medicine

American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology

Galen (129-c. 216 AD) was a key figure in the early development of Western physiology. His teachings incorporated much of the ancient Greek traditions including the work of Hippocrates and Aristotle. Galen himself was a well-educated Greco-Roman physician and physiologist who at one time was a physician to the gladiators in Pergamon. Later he moved to Rome, where he was associated with the Roman emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. The Galenical school was responsible for voluminous… CONTINUE READING

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