medieval

• Ancient and Medieval Knowledge

  Stone Age surgeries, Greek healing places, Roman emphasis on cleanliness
• Key figures

  Hippocrates and Galen governed medical practices during this period
• Hippocrates


  Developed the theory of the four humours, emphasized patient observation, influential in modern medicine via the Hippocratic Oath
• Galen


  Roman doctor who used Hippocrates' ideas, advocated for animal dissection due to human dissection being illegal, supported by the church
• Church's influence

  Supported Hippocrates and Galen, distributed their books globally, hindered further medical development
• Medical education

  Monasteries and churches established medical schools to propagate Hippocrates' and Galen's beliefs
• Alchemists


  Introduced during this period, made significant scientific discoveries like hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in search of the elixir