Word: galen
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...Claudius Galen (A. D. 130-20) was another Greek who taught and wrote extensively, urging empirical research. He made profound discoveries on blood, respiration and wound treatment...
William Harvey (1578-1657), English anatomist and physician, discovered the circulation of the blood for modern times, although Galen and the Egyptians had some conception of the fact...
...Pasteur *Hippocrates *Harvey Osler *Lister Koch Galen *Laennec
...matters at stake are of course not completely open to the public, but it transpired that recently William Zumbrunn, attorney for the Klan, visited Denver and requested the resignation of Dr. John Galen Locke, Grand Dragon of Colorado. Grand Dragon Locke announced this fact at a meeting of the local Klan and added that he had tendered his resignation. The meeting rose up and gave him a great ovation. His resignation was not accepted...
President Emeritus Eliot compiled recently a list of the ten greatest educators: Aristotle, Galen, Da Vinci, Milton, Shakespeare, Locke, Kant, Bacon, Newton, and Emerson. Of course, his list, like any other, will reap a whirlwind of comment and criticism. Where, for example, is Goethe, Homer, Beethoven, Tolstoy, perhaps, and Rousseau...