History 2403E Lecture : Early Modern Medicine .doc
22 Mar 2012
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Sets the standard for research people feel as though they have to study in that language (latin) Great roman physician: begins as a gladiator physician ends up as the physician for marcus aurelius. The body in a state of health is balanced and unhealthy = imbalance. 4 fluids make up the body: yellow bile (dry and cold, black bile (dry and hot, phlegm (cold and moist, blood (hot and moist) They relate to territories around the world florida is hot and wet, russia is cold and dry etc. The job of the healer is to maintain the body in a state of balance. If someone was ill and sweating they assumed that bleeding would help. They wanted to edit and republish the ancient texts. It was at his press where greek printing became possible. Hippocrates and galen were not ever wrong.
