GALEN'S WORKS

Ed. Chart. I. [37. 38.] Ed. Bas. IV. (362.)

...the first part. Boethus took these and left the city before me. He was going to govern Syria Palaestina at that time, and he died there. For this reason, I completed both treatises much later. Many obstacles arose after my return home, which I will mention in order.

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I returned from Rome to my homeland after completing my thirty-sixth year The Latin translation says thirty-seventh year, while the Greek says thirty-sixth. Based on Galen's birth in 129 AD and his departure from Rome in 166 AD, he was likely 37.. Some people gave me three books. I had written these before moving from Pergamum to Smyrna for the sake of Pelops the physician and Albinus the Platonist Albinus was a prominent Middle Platonist philosopher who taught in Smyrna and influenced Galen's logical and physical theories..

One was a small booklet titled Anatomy of the Womb. The second was also small, titled Diagnosis of Eye Diseases. The third was a work of significant size titled On Medical Experience.

The first was given to a certain midwife. The second was given to a young man who treated eyes. The third was written when Pelops debated Philippus the Empiric for two days. Pelops argued that medicine could not be established through experience alone. Philippus, however, tried to show that it could.

...the first part. After Boethus received these, he departed the city before me to govern Syria Palaestina, where he also died. Because of this, I finished both works a long time later. Other occupations came upon me after that return home, which I will mention next.

Chapter II

And so I returned from Rome to my homeland when I had completed thirty-seven years of age. Furthermore, three books were given to me by certain people. These had been written before I moved from Pergamum to Smyrna for the sake of Pelops the physician and Albinus the Platonist. One was Dissection of the Womb, a small book. The second was Diagnosis of Affections in the Eyes, also small. The third was of a proper size, On Medical Experience.

The first one mentioned was given to a certain midwife. The second to a young man treating eyes. The third was written when Pelops disputed against Philippus the Empiric for two days. Pelops argued that medicine could not consist of experience alone, but Philippus argued...