Poster of Cast and Crew in Ancient Discoveries - Season 1 - Episode 2 - Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators

Ancient Discoveries - Season 1 - Galen, Doctor to the Gladiators (Episode 2)

Plot: "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
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, December 21 2003
21 years ago