Both Uses of
Galen
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- What says my Aesculapius? my Galen? my heart of elder?†
Scene 2.3 *
- He has no more knowledge in Hibbocrates and Galen,—and he is a knave besides; a cowardly knave as you would desires to be acquainted withal.†
Scene 3.1
Definition:
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(Galen of ancient Greece) Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)