Return to Galen
Giuseppe Viale
AT THE BEGINNING of the previous century, English editor a minor work by Galen called for return to that ancient scholar after centuries neglect. The appeal did not meet with success. Galen's reputation is currently based on renown arising from tradition, rather than an awareness his actual contributions medical science. His methodological approach experimental medicine seems have fallen into obscurity, although it anticipated modern principles. This report reviews rise and fall in popularity works, attempt highlight circumstances still prevent full appreciation those writings.
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