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| * Galen of Pergamon (AD 129-199) was a prominent Greco-Roman physician and scientist. He served as personal physician to many members of Roman society and to several Roman emperors, and his theories dominated and influenced western medical science until well into the 19th century. His studies and writings advanced western understanding of a number of scientific disciplines including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic. Although most of his theories of the human body have been discarded as scientific medicine developed over the centuries, his explanation of the function of the cranial and peripheral nervous systems (based on nerve ligation experiments he performed) are still considered valid today. |
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