Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Galen
- Performed a public dissection on a pig
- People believed the heart controlled the body and not the brain
- Performed in public to prevent 'quack doctors'
using his theory
- 'Quack doctor' - taking other
theories and using them as their
own
- Proved theories and educated people
- Aimed to explain every part of the body / its
purpose / how it works together
- Things hindered Galens studies
- Religious beliefs
- Church didn't agree with dissecting bodies
(there was no law however it was frowned
upon)
- Romans renamed Greek gods
- Made mistakes
- Dissected humans but never animals
- Anatomy incorrect
- Wrote 250 books
- Translated in to Latin /
Hebrew / Arabic
- Advised doctors to see inside bodies
- Go to Alexandria in Greece to see
bodies while in surgery
- Worked with Gladiators
- Job allowed him to see inside bodies
when looking after injuries