Author
Galen (Claudius Galenus) is documented in Fuller’s books (1843). One work is named, all in Summer on the Lakes, in 1843, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “read”.
Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
“Galen was indebted to his nightly dreams for a part of his medical knowledge.”
Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1844.
Inferred Fuller mentions Galen as an authority whose medical knowledge was partially derived from dreams, in the context of discussing the Seherin's prophetic and healing gifts. This is a well-documented tradition about Galen (in his own writings, e.g.