In the medieval Latin Mirror of Fools (Speculum stultorum), the donkey Burnel, seeking a longer tail, consults doctor Galen. Foolish men behave similarly. … Read the post Mirror of Fools: the eminent doctor Galen on short tails and penises
In addition to his prodigious corpus of scholarly work, Galen was a physician engaged with living bodies in anatomical displays and patient care. … Read the post Galen engaged in anatomical displays and patient care
Seeing Jerome in the persona of Origen obscures Jerome and Galen’s common position in Greek and Latin, Christian and non-Christian knowledge competition. … Read the post beyond Origen: Jerome, spiritual doctor in Galen’s persona
Close study of the Syriac Galen Palimpsest could lead to better insight into the relation of linguistic translation and material substitution. … Read the post translations and substitutions in ancient medicine
Galen used a classical Aesop fable about a Hermes statue to connect material to soul and mock Posidippus’s epigram about a statue of Philitas of Cos. … Read the post Galen analogized godly man to Hermes herm