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Medicine - 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.

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  • Originally Aired December 21, 2003
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-PG
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