Point: Physicians in universities were mainly trained from the works of Galen and Hippocrates. Proof: Galenic method of medicine was taught at that time. Galenic medicine had a main goal to find the cause and effect of the particular disease. The cause was a vital part because finding the conditions on the patient could help reveal a larger, more universal principle.
Comment: Since not many people had done works on the medical field, Galen being one of the few, their education was limited to only the works of Galen. The theory of Galen’s work in medicine required to find the cause and effect of the disease to make appropriate conclusions.
Point: The Humoral theory was also taught in this time theory. This theory was mainly the works of Hippocrates.
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Galen added to this theory by saying that the four humours combine to make tissues which form organs, which then form the body.
“If it is chilled, it should be warmed; if moistened, it should be dried; similarly if it has been immoderately heated, it should be chilled, and if dried out is should be moistened. These are the four simple methods of curing.”
Comment: There was a very simple medical practice taught at the time. Understanding human anatomy at the most basic level was the idea of what we now know to be cells making up tissues making up organs, making up organ systems and eventually the human body. Galen also had a basic rule of thumb of figuring out how to cure a