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Galenism

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Ga·len·ism  (gl-nzm)
n.
The medical system based on the theories or practices of Galen.
Galen·ist adj. & n.
Galenism [ˈgeɪlɪˌnɪzəm]
n
(Medicine) a system of medicine based on the 84 surviving technical treatises of Galen (Latin name Claudius Galenus ?130-?200 ad), Greek physician, anatomist, and physiologist, including the theory of the four bodily humours
Galenist  adj & n
Galenism
the medical system of Galen, a blend of humoralism and Pythagorean number lore. — galenic, adj.
See also: Medical Specialties


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In an essay on the introduction of Galenism into Tudor England, Vivian Nutton emphasizes the close relationship of medical learning to the other natural sciences and its distance from English natural philosophy.
New work on the "occult" and natural disciplines of the Renaissance. ... by Long, Pamela O. / Renaissance Quarterly
Nonetheless, Lindemann does chart a kind of progress: by the end of the eighteenth century "physicians throughout most of Europe had shed the successive skins of Galenism, iatrochemistry, and iatromechanism.
Medicine and Society in Early Modem Europe by Lingo, Alison Klairmont / Journal of Social History
The third chapter deals with the relationships between Christianity and medicine, charity and early hospitals, and then the formation and spread of Galenism.
The Western Medical Tradition: 800 BC to AD 1800 by Carrara, Daniela Mugnai / Renaissance Quarterly
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