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How an eye physician who translated classical Greek medicine into Arabic helped form Western medical thought
Strategic angle: A medieval ophthalmologist who translated Greek works by Galen, Hippocrates, and Plato into Arabic played a pivotal role in shaping Western medical scholarship, according to a study published in the journal Cogent Arts a
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