1.  starter activity
Galen conducts his famous operation on a pig in which he demonstrates the brain not the heart controlled speech. How do we know this picture was drawn much later than Roman times?

2. Why was Galen so important?
 LOs
TBAT compare the achievements of Galen & Hippocrates
To hold a debate on who was the greater doctor

3.  Your task
Read through the information about Galen’s life on p.38-9 and create a table in your notes. On one side record all the similarities with Hippocrates and on the other all the dissimilarities
If you were going to design a monument to Galen what would be the key aspects of his life you’d include.
Galen, b AD

4. Similarities Born in Greece (H on Island of Cos, G in Pergamum)
Studied medicine
Wrote 60 books
Four Humours
Observations – notes on plague in AD167 led to its identification as ‘Galen’s Plague’
Recommended good diet & exercise

5. Differences Surgeon at gladiators’ school
Showman – performed dissections to demonstrate knowledge of anatomy, ‘brain not heart controlled speech!’
Surgeon to Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Recommended bleeding more frequently
Theory of the opposites, e.g. treat a cold with hot ingredients like peppers!
Ideas adopted by Christian Church

6. Galen was a greater doctor than Hippocrates
Debate

7.  Plenary Similarities with Hippocrates? Differences?
Do you think he deserved to be more famous than Hippocrates? Write a judgement paragraph summing up your ideas. Support your ideas with evidence from your notes!

8.  Homework
Imagine you are Galen and you have seen a job advert for the Emperor’s surgeon. Write a letter of application. Include the following:
A general introduction explaining why you were attracted to the job
References to the traditional skills you have
References to the new skills you have
A final paragraph explaining why you are the best man for the job!
You may also wish to include your CV!

9. You might not get the job
A promising candidate
The job’s yours!
Provides some examples of your traditional and your new skills.There may be more of one type than another.
Limited factual detail or technical vocabulary
Little attempt to prove you are the best person for the job
Includes an introduction and a final paragraph.
A good range of traditional and modern skills, although you may have missed some. You feel this person may want the job but could make a stronger case
Introduces themselves strongly and sums up their skills well. Discusses a full range of traditional and modern skills. Excellent detail & technical vocab. They are clearly worth offering the job to.