For him , to understand a clinical case technically , ' to diagnose ' , was , among other things , to know with greater or lesser certainty the outcome for the patient , ' to prognosticate ' .
Galen , like the Hippocratics , was not .
For Galen , to understand a clinical case technically , ' to diagnose ' , was , among other things , to know with greater or lesser certainty the outcome for the patient , ' to prognosticate ' .
Galen , like the Hippocratics , was not .