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This article is a review of Susan P. Mattern’s excellent biography of Galen of Pergamum, entitled, The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire
Galen was definitely one of the most colorful and interesting characters of history, aside from his central importance to the history of medicine for his many innovations and contributions to the art of healing.
So, aside from studying Galen from a strictly medical viewpoint, it is equally important to get a clear and thorough understanding and appreciation of Galen the man as well. That is the aim and purpose of a book that I had the great pleasure of reading not too long ago, entitled The Prince of Medicine: Galen in the Roman Empire, by Susan P.
Mattern; it is published by Oxford University Press, and I highly recommend reading it. Although Ms. Mattern does not approach her subject, a great physician who was so central to the history of medicine and its propagation down through the ages, from a strictly medical viewpoint,