How to Be Healthy: An Ancient Guide to Wellness

by Galen

Timeless wisdom about how to be healthy in body and mind from one of the greatest physicians of the ancient world

The second-century Greek physician Galen--the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates--is a central figure in Western medicine. A talented doctor, surgeon, writer, philosopher, teacher, pharmacologist, and inventor, Galen attended the court of Marcus Aurelius, living through outbreaks of plague (likely smallpox)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691206279
• ISBN13: 9780691206271
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 4.6" x 6.8"