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The Prince of Medicine
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Last discussed Sep 14, 2026
A book about Galen, the ancient Greek physician, exploring the history of early medicine and surgical practices.
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Used for: Understanding the history of medicine from ancient/medieval times
Praised: Deep historical coverage of early medicine; reveals how far medicine has come
"There's a great book. It's very dense but it's called The Prince of Medicine. It's all this medieval stuff that you love and you'll realize what a prehistoric thing medicine is even now."
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"Wonderful book, by the way, folks, is The Prince of Medicine about Galen. If you ever want to learn about how we learned about medicine back when, ..."
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