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[[File:Engraving; 'portrait' of Galen, head and Wellcome L0005549.jpg|thumb|Imaginary portrait of Galen]]

'''Galen''' lived from about 130 to 200. He had [[Greek]] parents and was born in [[Pergamum]].

He was a Roman [[doctor]] and [[writer]]. 

His writings about [[medicine]] were used until the 16th century.

He was the doctor to many emperors of [[Rome]].

He used old ideas about medicine and did experiments to make new discoveries.

He showed that [[arteries]] carried [[blood]]. He also studied the [[brain]] and the [[spine]].
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[[Category:Physicians]]
[[Category:Romans]]
[[Category:Greeks]]
[[Category:Writers]]
[[Category:Scientists]]