The role of Galen in the development and progress of medical sciences
El-Gammal, S.Y.; Galen
Bulletin of the Indian Institute of History of Medicine 28(2): 119-127
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-9558 PMID: 12596740 Document Number: 495730
Early Roman medicine was a mixture of religion and witchcraft, but as time went by, it became more influenced by the Greek medical sciences, which were more developed. The most famous Greek physician during the Roman period was Galen (129-200 AD). In the 4th century A. D. The Byzantine physicians of the Emperor Julian, made the Galenic writings available to ordinary practitioners, and so Greek medicine spread throughout Syria and was carried by the Nestorians into Persia, where it became available to the Islamic World.