History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dyscrasia, Phlegm, Agnodice

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

Galen of pergamum (130-201: a greek (from asia minor) who found his fortune in rome, greece at this point is actualy a part of roman empire, asia minor is. The drugs were helpful, but there was still a sense of randomness with how he slected his drugs: hygiene, and prevention. Part of the culture, they were in to bathing (roman baths: humors come about through the diet, that is what needs to be managed. Pus itself is a sign of improper healing if you put on a bandaid it will not get pus-sy, however if you have a wound and do not care for it, it will get pus-sy. Pig and monkey dissection (muscles and bones: he only worked on animals, not humans pigs were a lot like humans. Galen did, he was far more accurate: only way galen knows this shit is because he actually did the experiments to prove it, something that has not yet been done.