Hippocrates And Galen and the Romans Flashcards
What were the 4 humours
Blood
Black bile
Yellow bile
Phlegm
What was the effect of blood
Blood = feverish and hot > use leaches to bleed you
What was the effect of black bile
Black bile = slow and depressed > give a purgative to make you sick
Yellow bile effect
Bad tempered and felt sick
So they would give you a purgative to throw up
Effect of phlegm
Tearful and unhappy
Use something to make you hit and sticky
Who started and spread the new ideas of medicine
The Greeks in 1500 BC
They spread to develop trade links
What did Galen change about the 4 humours
Thought it should be ‘opposites’ to balance the humours
What were galens main ideas
Observation was important
Disecting was essential (on animals)
Did Galen have a big impact
Yes he spread the basics of medical teaching and no one challenged him
He also fitted Christian beliefs
What was the ideas in supernatural treatment
Relates to superstition and religion
Like appealing to god and wearing bracelets
What did the Romans do for us?
Key impacts
Peace Order Aqueduct Public baths Fresh water
What happened when the romans left
There was a stagnation in progress
How did medival Time stagnate in medical progress
Knowledge of medicine left and so only the monistries seemed to have knowledge
So people relied of religion and there was lack of money and resources
What did Galen dissect and why is this bad
Only animals
Animals and humans bodies are very different so some do his anatomy ideas were wrong
What is the Hippocratic oath
A promise made by doctors, which is still used today, to obey rules of behaviour In their professional lives
