Galen, Influence for Forty-Five Generations, from "The History of Medicine" / Robert Thom

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UMHS.8
Title
Galen, Influence for Forty-Five Generations, from "The History of Medicine"
Artist
Robert Thom
Artist Life Dates
1915-1979
Medium and Support
oil on canvas
Object Creation Date
circa 1952
Object Creation Place
North and Central America (continent)
United States (nation)
Michigan (state)
Creation Place 2
United States (nation)
Creation Place 3
Michigan (state)
Dimensions
109.86 cm x 89.54 cm (43 1/4 in. x 35 1/4 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Painting
Physical Description
Galen was a pillar of medicine; the last important pillar in the millennium of Greek domination of the medical world. Physician to emperors as well as commoners in the Roman Empire, Galen (130-220 A.D.) traveled extensively, lectured widely, wrote prolifically. The great Greek was a shrewd observer who gained much experience through experimentation. Cupping was among the forms of treatment which he advocated. Pharmacy as well as medicine benefited from his formulas, called "galenicals;" he was a leader in the health sciences of his day. Galen's teachings were accepted as dogma by both teachers and practioners of medicine for fifteen hundred years.
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UMHS.8
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"Galen, Influence for Forty-Five Generations, from "The History of Medicine"; Robert Thom." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-umhs.8/umhs.8.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 18, 2024.
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