Modern concept of health and disease
Modern concept of health and disease
Modern concept of health and disease
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ROMAN PHYSICIANS - GALENUS<br />
GALENUS OR GALEN (129-199 AD)<br />
Born in Pergamon (Asia Minor, Turkey)<br />
Traditional career was planned for him in philosophy<br />
or politics. His father had a dream: The god Asclepius<br />
comm<strong>and</strong>ed to send his son to study medicine.<br />
Studied medicine in Pergamon, Smyrna (Izmir),<br />
Cyprus, Alex<strong>and</strong>ria<br />
Aged 28, returned to Pergamon as a physician <strong>of</strong><br />
gladiators (There, he learnt the importance <strong>of</strong> diet,<br />
fitness, hygiene <strong>and</strong> preventive measures, anatomy,<br />
treatment <strong>of</strong> fractures <strong>and</strong> severe trauma,<br />
Wounds = windows into the body)<br />
Aged 33, launched his medical career in Rome;<br />
Became a personal physician <strong>of</strong> emperors (Marcus<br />
Aurelius <strong>and</strong> his son Commodus, <strong>and</strong> Septimius<br />
Severus)<br />
Followed Hippocratic school: Provided prognosis,<br />
promoted venesection (blood-letting), explanation <strong>of</strong><br />
pathology relied on the four humours theory,<br />
benevolent effect <strong>of</strong> pus
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