Galen's Place in the History of Medicine

[@teresasherard1655]

What a wonderful glimpse into ancient Roman life! Dr. Papalas is a such charming story teller. I was captivated by these fascinating vignettes of ancient medical history.

[@tinkageorgewilliam871]

Glad I didn't go into the next decade without watching this :D

[@comtedesaintgermain9269]

Thank you so much for this upload! Not only was the content great but its rare to see lectures with good audio and video throughout. I really want to get my hands on some of his works now.

[@hubermanlab]

Beautiful and informative lecture. Thank you!

[@comtedesaintgermain9269]

Wow! I spend most of my days lately listening to your podcast or Sinclair, among others. I scroll down to see 7 comments and thought I would join in my appreciation and I see you just casually and humbly among these fine folk! I actually told my chiropractor who diagnosed my 8 year long battle with cluneal nerve entrapment that you are an inspiration to me, among people like Galen, Hippocrates, and Pedanius Dioscorides, Sinclair etc. He was slightly confused as he watches you, but thinks of you more as a source of information, but to see you here just reinforces the passion you have even with such a busy schedule to get information from such a classic source. Thank you man! I wish all doctors were more like you!

[@guskalo1981]

Fascinating.

[@SpaceExplorer]

thanks!

[@panfluteman2000]

Although a lot of good information on Galen is provided in this lecture, I was disturbed to find a lot of modern biases and superstitions prevailing. First of all, there is the modern bias of valuing surgery higher than other forms of medicine, with the implied assumption that surgery is the be all and end all of medical practice. Although Galen's stature as an anatomist and surgeon was unparalleled in his day, he contributed so much more to medicine, in all fields and specialties, like pharmacy, herbal medicine, dietetics, massage, neurology, psychiatry, etc... For the rest of the story on Galen, please visit my website, www.greekmedicine.net.

[@christinemartin63]

Fascinating lecture. (Since we're products of eons of evolution, is it little wonder that the human body and mind can heal itself in so many cases ... but our bad habits are a willful hindrance to this?)

[@jasonvengroff1396]

So within the first 5 minutes he managed to say That "Egypt was the most advanced civilization IN Medicine"!!!,, "Surpassing Even Babylon" .... But "The Best Of The Egyptians COULD NOT FIX A BROKEN ANKLE"??? But Thank Zues,,,,, That Their was one of many Greeks available That were able to Fix A Broken Ankle........ Peace

[@chandananimalsepala-5805]

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