key people in medicine medieval Flashcards
Hippocrates ideas
-hipprocrative oath
-four humours
-clinical observation
natural , logical and rational cause of disease rather than relying on superstition
rest and exercise
how long did hippocreates ideas stood for
over a thousand years
what are the four humors
yellow bile-autumn and earth
black bile
blood-spring and air
phlegm
what was galen’s theory of opposites
humors could be rebalanced by giving patients something opposite to their symptoms
what was the clinical observation that hipprocrates belived in
A doctor should independently examine and monitor a patient’s symptoms to diagnose their disease or illness.
what was the hippcrative oath
doctors should use a set of ethical standards to treat there patient well
what does blood relate to in the four humors , what kind of substance is it , and where do the ancient Greek’s believed it was in the body
spring and air and it was hot and wet and they beleived it was produced in the gallbladder
what does phlegm relate to in the seasons of the four humours , what kind of substances was it and where do the ancient Greeks believe it was in the body
winter and water , cold and wet ,produced in the brain
what does season does black bile relate to in the four humours , what kind of substance was black bile and where was it produced
autumn and earth , it was cold and dry , and they believed it was produced in the gallbladder
what season does yellow bile relate to in the four humors , what kind of substance is yellow bile and where in the body do the ancient Greeks believe black bile is produced in
summer , produced in the spleen , hot and dry
who did Galen have similar views to and what did they both believe in
Hippocrates they both believed in the four humors and clinical observations
why did the church like Galen
Galen believed in monotheism one single god and he said that that was a creator the Christian church believed that Galen was talking about go
how did Galen’s ideas stood the test of time or 1,400 years
it was frowned open to question Galen’s areas and his ideas were taught in universities run by the church
