Galen

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Galen was a prominent Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher in the Roman Empire whose medical writings dominated European medicine for over a millennium.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Galen canonical 52
Aelius Galenus 2
Galen of Pergamon 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Empire scholar ⓘ
ancient Greek person ⓘ
medical writer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ
activeIn Pergamon ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
birthPlace Pergamon ⓘ
Pergamum ⓘ
linked to: Pergamon
birthRegion Asia Minor ⓘ
Mysia ⓘ
Roman province of Asia ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
doctrine humoral theory ⓘ
teleological view of anatomy ⓘ
era Roman Empire ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork anatomy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
fullName Aelius Galenus ⓘ
linked to: Galen

Claudius Galenus ⓘ
linked to: Galen
influenced Andreas Vesalius ⓘ
European medicine ⓘ
Islamic medicine ⓘ
Renaissance medicine ⓘ
William Harvey ⓘ
medieval medicine ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Hippocrates ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
knownFor Galenic corpus of medical writings ⓘ
anatomical dissections of animals ⓘ
experiments on the nervous system ⓘ
systematizing Greco-Roman medicine ⓘ
theory of pneuma ⓘ
theory of the four humors ⓘ
languageOfWork Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy dominant authority in European medicine for over a millennium ⓘ
foundation of scholastic medical curricula in medieval universities ⓘ
movement Galenic medicine ⓘ
name Galen ⓘ
nativeName Γαληνός ⓘ
occupation anatomist ⓘ
medical researcher ⓘ
pharmacologist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
physiologist ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ
servedAs court physician to Roman emperors ⓘ
physician to gladiators in Pergamon ⓘ
textsPreservedIn Arabic translations ⓘ
Greek manuscripts ⓘ
Latin translations ⓘ
treated Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
wroteAbout anatomy ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
physiology ⓘ

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Referenced by (59)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

von Galen → nameElement → Galen ⓘ
Avicenna → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
Democritus → influenced → Galen ⓘ
Al-Zahrawi → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
Ibn al-Nafis → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
Al-Razi → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
Ibn al-Haytham → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
subject linked to: Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen)
Galen → name → Galen ⓘ
Galen → fullName → Aelius Galenus ⓘ
linked to: Galen
Galen → fullName → Claudius Galenus ⓘ
linked to: Galen
Hippocrates → influenced → Galen ⓘ
Outbreak of Antonine Plague → describedIn → writings of Galen ⓘ
linked to: Galen
Galenic medicine → associatedWith → Galen of Pergamon ⓘ
linked to: Galen
Ibn al-Quff → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
Ibn Zuhr → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
Avicenna → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
subject linked to: Abu Ali
Ala al-Din Ibn al-Nafis → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
subject linked to: Ala al-Din
Rasis → influencedBy → Galen ⓘ
Galen Strawson → givenName → Galen ⓘ
Galen Rupp → givenName → Galen ⓘ
Γαληνός → alsoKnownAs → Galen of Pergamon ⓘ
linked to: Galen
Γαληνός → alsoKnownAs → Aelius Galenus ⓘ
linked to: Galen
Doc Adams → givenName → Galen ⓘ
subject linked to: Doc Adams in Gunsmoke
Galen Clark → givenName → Galen ⓘ
Aphorisms → hasCommentaryBy → Galen ⓘ
De partibus animalium → influenced → Galen ⓘ
Erasistratus of Ceos → sourceOfInformation → Galen’s writings ⓘ
linked to: Galen