THE FINAL SYSTEM: GALEN 



spirit. His systematic treatment of all matters 

 that men need know, his authoritative self- 

 assurance, and above all, perhaps, his com- 

 pleted teleology, or convincing declaration of 

 the purpose of every part and organ of the 

 body, contributed to make of him the source or 

 canon par excellence of Arabian and western 

 medieval medicine. In many garbs and forms 

 he reigned for centuries. 



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