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Galen (Greek: Γαληνός, Galēnos; Latin: Clauius Galenus; AD 129 –ca. 200 or 216) of Pergamon was a prominent ancient Greekphysician, whose theories dominated Western medical science for well over a millennium. The forename "Claudius", absent in Greek texts, was first documented in texts from the Renaissance.

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  • In the 2nd century this Greek physician showed that the brain controls the voice
  • The theories of this 2nd century Greek physician influenced medical practice for centuries
  • In the 2nd century, this Greek showed that arteries carry blood, not air as had been thought
  • Physician at the court of Marcus Aurelius; his writings were used throughout the Middle Ages
  • This post-Hippocratic 2nd century Greek physician was the first to discover that muscles work in pairs

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