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Galenist

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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.


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He thus fails to appreciate the point of Diderot's defence of masturbation in d' Alembert's dream, where it is justified, in traditional Galenist terms, as a legitimate means to relieve plethora and thus preserve health.
Giuseppe Ongaro discusses Cremonini's support of Aristotle on innate heat against the Galenist Pompeo Caimo, and Antonio Daniele writes about the disputation among Cremonini, Alessandro Tassoni, and Giuseppe degli Aromatari over Petrarch and the authority of Aristotle's poetics.
Harvey saw the body much as Galenists did, as a vessel filled with vital forces.
 
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