Galen Quotes

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus , often Anglicized as Galen and better known as Galen of Pergamon was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire. Arguably the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen influenced the development of various scientific disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, and neurology, as well as philosophy and logic.

Confidence and hope do more good than physic.

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- Confidence
- More
- Physic
Look to the nervous system as the key to maximum health.

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- Health
- Nervous
- Maximum

The physician is only nature's assistant.

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- Physician
- Assistant
If sometimes dreams come true, what of our nightmares?

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- Dreams
- Nightmares
Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!

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Who Are You? What do you want? Where Are You Going? Who do you serve and who do you trust?

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- Want
- Trust
- Going
The best physician is also a philosopher.

Galen
- Philosopher
- Physician
After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster.

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- Human
- Except
- Roosters

Employment is nature's physician, and is essential to human happiness.

Galen
All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die.

Galen
- Die
- Except
- Remedy