Susan Mattern's 2013 biography of Galen of Pergamon — the 2nd-century Roman physician whose works dominated Western medicine for 1,400 years — the most accessible account of the most influential physician in Western history.
Creates the accessible Galen biography — The Prince of Medicine reconstructs Galen's world (gladiator surgeon, imperial court physician, prolific writer) from his own extensive writings, making the doctor who shaped Western medicine comprehensible to non-specialists.
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