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Greek Surgeon.

Born c. 129 died c. 216

Trained in Turkey and Egypt.

Worked with gladiators.

Wrote over 300 papers on anatomy.

Followed for 1500 years.

Greek physician, writer, and philosopher who exercised a dominant influence on medical theory and practice in Europe from the Middle Ages until the mid-17th century. His authority in the Byzantine world and the Muslim Middle East was similarly long-lived.