Ancient Discoveries - Season 1 Episode 2 Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators

5 votes, average 88 out of 10 - 60 minutes

"Medicine" is mostly devoted to Galen, a Greek physician in the Roman Empire who pioneered numerous medical techniques, honing his craft on wounded gladiators and soldiers on the battlefield. The unique discovery in this episode is a human skull that implies an effort to perform a rudimentary type of brain surgery.

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