Galen's writings

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gptkbp:instanceOf collection of medical texts
gptkbp:author Galen
gptkbp:contains philosophical discussions
medical case studies
anatomical observations
commentaries on Hippocrates
pharmacological recipes
theory of blood circulation (pre-modern)
theory of the four humors
gptkbp:dateWritten 2nd century AD
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Galen's writings
gptkbp:impact standard medical authority for over a millennium
gptkbp:influenced Islamic medicine
Medieval European medicine
gptkbp:language gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:lostWorks many known only by title or fragments
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Corpus_Galenicum
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:On_the_Art_of_Medicine
gptkb:Method_of_Medicine
gptkb:On_the_Doctrines_of_Hippocrates_and_Plato
gptkb:On_the_Usefulness_of_the_Parts_of_the_Body
gptkb:On_the_Natural_Faculties
gptkbp:numberOfBooks over 100 treatises (surviving and lost)
gptkbp:preservedIn Latin translations
Arabic translations
Greek manuscripts
gptkbp:studiedBy Islamic scholars
Renaissance physicians
medieval European doctors
gptkbp:subject gptkb:medicine
gptkb:pharmacy
gptkb:philosophy
anatomy
physiology
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Archimedes_Death_Ray
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7