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How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers) by Katherine D. Van Schaik, Galen is a health book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world</b><br><br>The second-century Greek physician Galen—the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates—is a central figure in Western medicine. A talented doctor, surgeon, writer, philosopher, teacher, pharmacologist, and inventor, Galen attended the court of Marcus Aurelius, living through outbreaks of plague (likely smallpox) that devastated the Roman Empire. He also serve
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It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Katherine D. Van Schaik, Galen
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691206271
- Category
- health
- Subjects
- Medical, Health & Fitness, Philosophy
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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