The story of Cl. Galeni Pergameni omnia (Basel 1562) is mostly supposition, because these books have no trouble igniting one’s imagination just by looking at them. There is no need to delve into text. The illustrations themselves are quite intriguing. 

Let’s begin with woodcuts in the section on therapeutics. It is not difficult to see creative treatments of dislocations (below, left) or the early “emergency room” in the image of Medicatrina (below, right), which shows surgical procedures on the eye, head, leg, mouth, and bladder, all described by Galen centuries ago and still followed in the 16^th century. And once the spark is lit, the story writes itself.