The Only Use of
Galen
in
Utopia, by Thomas More
- One of my companions, Thricius Apinatus, happened to carry with him some of Hippocrates's works and Galen's Microtechne, which they hold in great estimation;†
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.