Published in Mirabilia Journal 31 (2020/2)  

Keywords: Keywords: Galen, Hippocrates, History of Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Ethics.

This work translates excerpts from Book I of the work Method of Medicine, by the ancient doctor Galen. In its content, aspects related to the transmission of knowledge to the next generation of professionals and the necessary attention to the moral elements of the profession, which must permeate the practice and its transmission, are discussed.