Description: Examining his professional interactions in the context of the world in which he lived and practiced, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing provides a fresh perspective on a foundational figure in medicine and valuable insight into how doctors thought about their patients and their practice in the ancient world.
Brief description: Susan P. Mattern is an associate professor of history at the University of Georgia.
Review Quotes: Rich, colourful material for a medical historian and indeed for a narratologist . . . provides a useful collection of material and, for a wider audience, an entertaining introduction to the world of Galen.
--Caroline Petit, Social History of Medicine