On the shelf
The Prince of Medicine
by Susan P. Mattern
1 episode · 1 guest · last mentioned 3 Sept 2026
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Who brought it up
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Andrew Huberman in the episode with Andrew Huberman
About the book
A biography of Galen, the ancient Greek physician whose medical theories dominated Western and Islamic medicine for over a millennium. It examines his life, his work as physician to Roman emperors and gladiators, and the intellectual world in which he developed his influential system.
