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Back to Medicine (Claudius Galen.) =Medicine History =


 * Most Renaissance medicine practice originated from a Greek physician named Galen.(Grendler)
 * Although the Renaissance question his theories, they still used them for awhile.
 * Galen believed in four fluids made up the body (humors) (Educational)
 * ** Blood, yellow bile , black bile, phlegm **
 * All of these were associated with four elements
 * air,earth,water,fire
 * Each person was gave a temperament from these four humors (Grendler)
 * phlegmatic-water
 * Sanguine-air
 * Choleric-fire
 * Melancholic-earth
 * It was thought to live healthy people should take into account what their temperament was (Grendler)
 * So if you were a Phlegmatic, then you should avoid watery foods, and eat dry and hot ingredients.
 * When you were sick it was because your humor was out of balance
 * Often doctors would cut your arm or leg and let large amounts of blood flow out. (Educational)