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The father of anatomy : Galen and his dissections / Lisa Yount.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Great minds of ancient science and mathPublisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow PublishersCopyright date: ©2010Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
ISBN:
  • 9780766033801 (lib. bdg.)
  • 0766033805 (lib. bdg.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 611.0092 B 22
  • 921 GALEN 14
LOC classification:
  • R126.G8 Y68 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: A visit to the doctor -- A dream career -- First among physicians -- Exploring the body -- Healing the sick -- Medicine for the ages.
Summary: "A biography of ancient Greek physician Galen, whose dissections of animals led to discoveries about human anatomy. He was the authority on medical knowledge in the Western world for more than fifteen hundred years"--Provided by publisher.Summary: Highlights the life and achievements of the ancient Greek physician whose dissections of animals led to discoveries about human anatomy, and who was the authority on medical knowledge in the Western world for many centuries.
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Books Idaho Springs Public Library Junior Biography J BIO GALEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 30404100029618

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.

Introduction: A visit to the doctor -- A dream career -- First among physicians -- Exploring the body -- Healing the sick -- Medicine for the ages.

"A biography of ancient Greek physician Galen, whose dissections of animals led to discoveries about human anatomy. He was the authority on medical knowledge in the Western world for more than fifteen hundred years"--Provided by publisher.

Highlights the life and achievements of the ancient Greek physician whose dissections of animals led to discoveries about human anatomy, and who was the authority on medical knowledge in the Western world for many centuries.

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