Claudius Galen (A.D. 130-200)

A. was very knowledgeable in the surgical procedures of the day and the use of drugs to assist the healing process.
B. was a Greek physician who achieved fame because he had great success treating wounded gladiators so they could continue fighting.
C. believed that professional athletes did not have much of an intellect and spend their lives overexercising, overeating, and oversleeping like pigs.
D. was one of the first physicians to combine medicine and biomechanics into the science of exercise.
E. All of the answers are correct.


Answer: E

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