medicine - medieval

What did hippocrates do?

• greek doctor

• invented the imbalance of the 4 humours theory

• made the hippocratic collection

name the 4 humours

• blood

• phlegm

• black bile

• yellow bile

what was the hippocratic collection?

a collection of around 60 books containing detailed lists of symptoms and treatments created by hippocrates and used by doctors for centuries

how significant was hippocrates?

very, his work dominated medical treatments for centuries and weren’t challenged for 1800 years, persisting into the renaissance period

who was hippocrates supported by

galen and the church

what did galen do?

• greek physician

• invented the theory of opposites

• worked on anatomy

• write 60 books which physicians used to teach

what was the theory of opposites?

if you had too much of a humour, you needed to cure it with the opposite

how significant was galen?

very, his ideas were not challenged for 15 centuries, he developed our understanding of anatomy and he influenced students

was galen supported by the church?

yes