Galen of Pergamon (129 - 200/216 CE)A modern statue at Pergamon depicting Galen, one of the leading
Galen of Pergamon (129 - 200/216 CE)A modern statue at Pergamon depicting Galen, one of the leading medical researchers of antiquity. He was also a court physician to Marcus Aurelius, Commodus and Septimius Severus and during this time Galen wrote most of his influential works. During medieval era he was one of the supreme authorities in the field of medicine.Source: Bernard Gagnon [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons -- source link
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