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Old 11-16-2006, 01:54 AM
FortunaMaximus FortunaMaximus is offline
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Default Re: Best Scientists OAT

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Only problem with Galen is that his work was almost ENTIRELY wrong and the fanatical, almost religious reverence for his work probably set anatomy back 1200 years.

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Yes. And it wasn't as much his work as the religious taboos against exploring too deeply into dissective anatomy. The guy tried.
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