Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Court physicians

Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. AD 216), often Anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher with Roman citizenship.

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  1. Avicenna

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Avicenna, among the most important philosophers in the history of Islam.

    8 November 2007

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    Featuring: Peter Adamson, Amira Bennison, Nader El-Bizri

     
  2. Galen

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.

    10 October 2013

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    Featuring: Vivian Nutton, Helen King, Caroline Petit

     
  3. Maimonides

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work and influence of Maimonides. Widely regarded as the greatest Jewish philosopher of the medieval period.

    17 February 2011

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    Featuring: John Joseph Haldane, Sarah Stroumsa, Peter Adamson