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Galenic

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Galenic [geɪˈlɛnɪk gə-]
adj
(Medicine) of or relating to Galen (Latin name Claudius Galenus ?130-?200 ad), the Greek physician, anatomist, and physiologist, or his teachings or methods
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Therefore, some ancient and medieval attitudes remained widely accepted in the Elizabethan period, such as the Galenic humoral theory This saw four humours in the body, which were pure blood, black bile, yellow bile and phlegm.
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The Galenic foundation of Western medicine took the male body as generic, while female bodies were used for the knowledge that they could supply about women's sexual and reproductive organs.
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Instead, as Megan Guenther has noted, the Middle Ages "embraced the Galenic notion that women were simply imperfect versions of men.
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