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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:F441-F443 doi:10.1136/fn.88.5.F441
  • Perinatal lessons from the past

Galen (ad 129–200) of Pergamun: anatomist and experimental physiologist

  1. P M Dunn
  1. Correspondence to:
    Professor Dunn, Department of Child Health, University of Bristol, Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol BS10 5BN, UK;
    P.M.Dunn{at}bristol.ac.uk
  • Accepted 15 April 2003

Abstract

Galen was a brilliant anatomist and pioneer of experimental physiology. His many important discoveries exerted a profound influence on medicine during the next 1400 years. However, his wish to solve all the problems of health and disease led him to speculate and draw mistaken conclusions which were widely believed until after the Renaissance.

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