Galen

“…medicine picked up where the ancient Greek physician, Galen, left off. Galen was the giant of this field in ancient times. This second century CE physician and philosopher wrote extensively on medicine, and…”

“…and Ibn Sina, who advanced the knowledge of Galen and Hippocrates. Today’s medical knowledge and institutions come largely from the West, but are based on the earlier Muslim medical tradition, which in turn…”

“…of the books by Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen. It is said that Caliph Al-Ma'mun wrote to the king of Sicily asking him for the entire contents of the Librar y of Sicily,…”

“…continued the jo urney to the heart. Then Galen, a Greek physician and scholar in the second century C.E., made further obse rvations. He said that the blood reaching the right side of…”

“…until Hippocrates crea ted it, dead un til Galen re vived it, dispersed until Rhazes [al-Razi } collect ed it, and deficient until Avicenna [Ibn Sina } completed it." DE POURE, EUROPEAN PHYSICIAN…”