Medicine through time

• Hippocrates:

  • Greek doctor, known as the 'father of medicine'
  • Created the theory of four humours - this was the idea that the human body was made up of four substances: blood, phlegm, yellow bile & black bile.
  • Created the Hippocratic oath, still used today
• Galen:

  • Roman doctor
  • Created the theory of opposites, which developed the four humours.
  • Dissected animals to find info about the human body - many of his findings were wrong: believed the jawbone was one bone.