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Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators

Ancient Discoveries

Season 1Episode 2Aired 2003-12-21
Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators

Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators

"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.