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Galen was one of the greatest doctors of the ancient world. Galen performed dissections on monkeys, pigs, and other animals, and established comparative anatomy as a field of anatomy. Galen was born in Pergamum (Present day Turkey), a city of the Roman Empire. He began to study medicine at the age of 14. He firstly began at Rome but later went to the great city of Alexandria. At about A.D. 157, Galen became a physician for trained fighters called gladiators. This was an indirect early breakthrough for him, for this experience gave him valuable information about surgery and diet. In 161 or 162 AD, Galen went to Rome. There, he presented lectures on anatomy and physiology and soon was hired to be the physician of the household of the Roman emperor, Marcus Aurelius. This position enabled him to write, research, and travel. By 200 AD, he had written many works on...

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