claudius Galen Flashcards
where was galen born
greece 129AD
why where books important to reputation as a physician
they had shaped medical history for 1500 years
why did his books last so long
people didnt want to be wrong
what 3 things helped galen write his books
- careful observations
- the four humours
- dissection and surgery
what did both galen and hippocrates agree on
illness was created by the four hummors
as galen made note on the plagues it became known as
galens plague
galen prefered to use what methord
bleeding
than hippocracies
hippocracied prefered to offer oppocits for what and what was the oppocite
the four humors phlem was cold so something hot as the same for the rest
galen disagreed with hippocracies because
galen thought that astronamy and disection was important to find out how the body works
by useing dicection he proved that
the brain crontroled the body not he heart
galen was training with alexander why was this important
he could see how the bones worked and coulsd see how to dissect an apes because they are the closest to the human body
give two reasons why people believed that galen was right
- he wrote many books
- they had everything in then and he hadnt left anything out
