Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick Illustrated by Jeanne Bendick Library: Living History Library Timeline: 129, Rome 124 pp, Sewn Softcover, Ages 10-up, RL8 Item # 75-1 — $13.95 Quantity:  or order by phone: 1-800-757-6831

We know about Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. But we owe nearly as much to Galen, a physician born in 129 A.D. at the height of the Roman Empire. Galen’s acute diagnoses of patients, botanical wisdom, and studies of physiology were recorded in numerous books, handed down through the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Not least, Galen passed on the medical tradition of respect for life. In this fascinating biography for young people, Jeanne Bendick brings Galen’s Roman world to life with the clarity, humor, and outstanding content we enjoyed in Archimedes and the Door to Science. An excellent addition to the home and to the home-education library.

HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY

CORE KNOWLEDGE GRADES 3, 6

SUBJECTS:

• Ancient Rome
• Roman Republic
• Life in the Roman Empire
• Human Body
• Circulatory system
• Gladiators
• Early Medicine
• Early Pharmacy
• Alexandria

 

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