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Hippocrates, Galen and the four humours
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what
are the four humours
blood-spring
phlegm-winter
yellow bile-summer
black bile-autumn
what was the humours theory?
to be
healthy
, a person need to have humours in
perfect balance
how did a doctor balance yellow bile?
purging
changing
diet
how did they balance black bile?
laxatives
suggest eat more veg
how did they balance blood
bloodletting
how
did they balance phlegm
breathing steam
eating
veg with lots of
water
in
how
did Galen add to the theory of the four humours?
added theory of
opposites
eg-too much blood (
fever
) could be treated by a cool thing such as
cucumber
why was the theory of the four humours important?
basis of how patients were treated for
1400
years
lack of
scientific knowledge
at time meant people could not challenge or make new
theories
who
was Galen?
A roman
medical
scholar who wrote many
books
, and was the basis for medicine for many centuries.
why
did the Christian church support Galen
said human
body
designed by
god
because it fit together so well
supported churches
teachings
What
were Galen's theories?
theory of
opposites
theory of
miasma
why
were galens ideas significant?
lack of
opportunity
to question his ideas
had support of
church
foundation
of medicine for
1400
years
what made galens ideas hard to challenge?
church didn't allow dissection
lack of scientific
evidence
to challenge
who was hippocrates?
Ancient Greek
physician who created the Theory of the
Four Humours.
what
were Hippocrates main ideas?
clinical
observation
the
Hippocratic oath-DRs
swearing to work for the benefit of patients
theory of
4 humours
showed importance of carefully
recording symptoms
/
development
of illnesses