Galen

Galen

1. Developed Hippocrates work-

   • Hippocrates- Theory of the four humours
     • Galen- The theory of opposites.
       • Too much phelgm- use hot pepper
       • Too much blood- blood letting
       • Too much yellow bile- purging

2. His work

   • Worked in gladiator school as a surgeon
   • Dissected Pigs, Dogs and Cows and thought that...
   • Wrote books that fitted with the teachings of God

3. His ideas

   • Humans had two jaw bones
   • Blood was made and used up
   • Blood flowed in a tide through the body