Maksimović J
Dom zdravlja, Medicinski fakultet, Novi Sad, Zmaj Ognjena Vuka.
Med Pregl. 2000 May-Jun;53(5-6):313-7.
In the year 1999 or 2000 it is the 1800th anniversary of Galen's death. He was one of the leading thinkers in medicine and one of the best known physicians of all times. He was not only a gifted practitioner but also a first class anatomist, physiologist, pathologist, and pharmacologist of the ancient times. His work is present in all these parts of medicine. This article gives Galen's biography and contributions to the above mentioned medical disciplines and practice. During fourteen centuries Galen's works were undisputable textbooks for students of medicine and most valuable manuals for practitioners besides the works of Hippocrates. Galen founded a new medico-philosophical school, based on that of Hippocrates, but comprising all medical knowledge of that time as well as his remarkable medical experience. While Hippocrates formulated the basis of the clinical medicine and the members of the Alexandria school made the most important discoveries in anatomy and physiology, Galen compiled all the knowledge of his predecessors, added a philosophical basis and created a unified system for centuries believed to be a definitive one where nothing should be added. Besides Hippocrates, Galen was the most outstanding physician of the ancient times and one of the greatest of all times. He established the fundamentals of the medical science which are still significant.
在1999年或2000年，是盖伦逝世1800周年。他是医学领域的主要思想家之一，也是有史以来最著名的医生之一。他不仅是一位有天赋的从业者，还是古代一流的解剖学家、生理学家、病理学家和药理学家。他的著作涵盖了医学的所有这些领域。本文介绍了盖伦的生平以及他对上述医学学科和实践的贡献。在长达14个世纪的时间里，除了希波克拉底的著作外，盖伦的作品一直是医学学生无可争议的教科书，也是从业者最有价值的手册。盖伦在希波克拉底学派的基础上创立了一个新的医学哲学流派，该流派包含了当时所有的医学知识以及他卓越的医学经验。当希波克拉底奠定了临床医学的基础，亚历山大里亚学派的成员在解剖学和生理学方面取得了最重要的发现时，盖伦汇编了他前辈们的所有知识，增加了一个哲学基础，并创建了一个统一的体系，数百年来人们一直认为这个体系是确定无疑的，无需再增添任何内容。除了希波克拉底，盖伦是古代最杰出的医生之一，也是有史以来最伟大的医生之一。他确立了至今仍具有重要意义的医学基础。
