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Hippocrates & Galen (Dissection & Anatomy (Dissected pigs &…
Hippocrates & Galen
Hippocrates
Greek
Father of Modern Medicine
Claudius Galen
Roman Doctor
Anatomy & dissection
Hippocratic Oath
Do your patients no harm
Still used to this day
Theory of the Four Humours
If the Humours were out of balance, you became ill
Dissection & Anatomy
Dissected pigs & apes - quite a few mistakes
Human dissection was banned by the Church
He
did
identify the brain as important for controlling human life
Inspired by Hippocrates
Balancing the body through natural treatment
Galen wrote many books and came up with the Theory of Opposites i.e. drinking lots when it's hot
Theory of The Four Humours
Spring / Air / Hot & Wet / Blood
Summer / Fire / Hot & Dry / Yellow Bile
Autumn / Earth / Cold & Dry / Black Bile
Winter / Water / Cold & Wet / Phlegm