Both Uses of
Galen
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- my Galen?†
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:
Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200)
Since dissection of the human body was illegal in the Rome of Galen's time, he developed much of his understanding of anatomy by dissecting animals and by serving as a physician in a gladiator school.