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Galen and the Gateway to Medicine (Living History Library)
Galen and the Gateway to Medicine - Living History Library
Author: Jeanne Bendick
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 o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781883937751
ISBN-10: 1883937752
Publication Date: 10/2002
Pages: 152
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Bethlehem Books
Book Type: Paperback
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As a mother of a middleschool homeschooled son, I found this book to be a wonderful extra reading to go along with World History 1 . It gives a good picture of what life was like during this time in ancient history. My son enjoyed it.


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