The great horde of physicians are always servile imitators, who can neither perceive nor correct the faults of their system, and are always ready to growl at and even to worry the ingenious person that could attempt it. Thus was the system of Galen secured in the possession of the schools of physic.
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"But it is best of all to look at the human skeleton with your own eyes. This is very easy in Alexandria, so that the physicians of that area instruct their pupils with the aid of autopsy."
"All who drink of this remedy recover in a short time except those whom it does not help, who all die."
"After coitus every animal is sad, except the human female and the rooster."
"Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will not even stop to learn!"
A critical assessment of his medical rivals and the dogmatism within the medical profession of his time, revealing his self-perception as a superior and innovative figure.
Date: 2nd century CE (from his writings, cited in 1827)
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