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...exception was the work of Galen, an immensely productive, Greek-speaking physician who lived much of his life in Rome. By the of his death around A.D. 201, the indefatigable Galen had written some 350 treatises detailing his own experimental work in anatomy and physiology. Although he added much to medical knowledge, his studies were based largely on monkeys and farm animals and thus were frequently unreliable in their conclusions about human anatomy. But the sheer prodigiousness of Galen's output and the aura of infallibility that surrounded him served to perpetuate his errors and stifle further research. His work...
Like Hippocrates, Galen had become a medical icon, and it would take a bold idol smasher to undo him. History found the perfect candidate in Andreas Vesalius, a contentious young Flemish physician who, in his single-minded pursuit of the correct human anatomy, cared not a whit about Galen's untouchable authority. Gifted with intelligence, drive and the courage to stick with his convictions, he went his solitary way, dissecting cadaver after cadaver until he had made enough unbiased observations to write a book that would forever transform medicine's image of the human structure. Vesalius was 29 when...
...that either party won't hang on to every last donated dollar they can justify. Of the $122,000 targeted in the TIME reports, $20,000 still resides in the coffers of the National Republican Congressional Committee. "We'll take a look at (that) in due course," said Rich Galen, spokesman for the committee. "There's no emergency." Democrats, with their party already $14.4 million in debt and facing repayment of $1.5 million more in contributions now judged improper, will try to increase the GOP's sense of urgency...
With darting glances and sneers irrelevant to her role as Raina's mother, Holly Maples tried to make her character appear overly civilized and dignified. Peter Picard '96 gave one of the most sound performances as Raina's father, portraying well the stiff patriarchal personality. Galen Weston '96 portrayed the insensitive, womanizing Sergius quite well...
...Galen Silversmith added, "People who were movedstood up in front of" some of the disabled guests."It is impossible for people in wheel chairs tostand up," he said...