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And, in fact,
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that was Galen's view of himself.
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He was the person who perfected Hippocratic ideas.
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So, in fact,
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further progress was probably unnecessary and perhaps impossible.
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So, Galen became the authoritative interpreter of hippocrates.
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This is what we might call Galenism.
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And in his hands,
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Hippocrates became a cult figure,
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an object of veneration and almost worship.
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Hippocrates,
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about whom so little was known in his personal life,