Medical Ideas Of Galen

Galen | Biography, Achievements, & Facts | Britannica

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Galen’s physiology was a mixture of ideas taken from the philosophers Plato and Aristotle as well as from the physician Hippocrates, whom Galen revered as the fount of all medical learning. Galen viewed the body as consisting of three connected …

Galen (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

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Galen: The Father of Modern Medicine and …

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Galen was pivotal in the history of medicine. He pioneered a new scientific method and was the father …

Medical ideas in the medieval era - BBC Bitesize

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Galen believed that the body contained four important liquids called humours The four humours were: phlegm blood yellow bile black bile If the humours stayed in balance then …

Galenic Medicine | Encyclopedia.com

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Galenic medicine (also called humoralism or Galenism) derives its name from the Greek physician and philosopher Galen (129–c.216c.e..). Galen's prolific writings were rooted in …

Biomedicine and Health: Galen and Humoral Theory

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As Galen persuasively argued that medicine was both an art and a science, and promoted the idea that health was the result of a balance between the soul, mind, and body, his …

How Galen's Mistake Misled Medicine for …

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Galen believed this human rete transformed "vital spirits" (essentially, oxygenated blood) into "animal spirits" (the material of imagination and intellect) that lived …

Galen - Discover of Blood & Cranial Nerves - MedicineNet

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Galen was the first to determine that arteries carried blood and not air! (For over 400 years the Alexandrian school of medicine had taught that arteries are full of air). Galen's …

Greek Medicine: Galen

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Galen was the greatest physician of ancient Rome. Whereas Hippocrates laid the foundation of Greek Medicine, Galen further developed its theory and practice, and …

Galen - Biography, Facts and Pictures

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Using his own and other people’s discoveries, Galen molded a medical doctrine that dominated medicine in Europe and Arab countries for 1500 years. Although …