Galenic medicine

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Galenic medicine is an ancient medical system based on the theories of the Greek physician Galen, emphasizing humoral balance and systematic clinical observation, which profoundly shaped later medical traditions.

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instanceOf historical medical tradition ⓘ
medical system ⓘ
aimsTo restore humoral equilibrium ⓘ
associatedWith Galen of Pergamon ⓘ
linked to: Galen
basedOn theories of Galen ⓘ
challengedBy Harvey’s theory of blood circulation ⓘ
anatomical discoveries of the Renaissance ⓘ
classifies diseases by humoral excess or deficiency ⓘ
codifiedBy Galen ⓘ
contrastsWith germ theory of disease ⓘ
coreTextualBasis writings of Galen ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
declinedIn 19th century ⓘ
developedIn 2nd century CE ⓘ
dominantIn Western medicine until early modern period ⓘ
emphasizes humoral balance ⓘ
systematic clinical observation ⓘ
employs compound drugs ⓘ
dietetic regulation ⓘ
herbal remedies ⓘ
phlebotomy ⓘ
purging ⓘ
frameworkFor pre-modern pharmacology in Europe ⓘ
hasOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
historicallyPracticedIn Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Islamic world ⓘ
Latin Christendom ⓘ
influenced Islamic Golden Age medicine ⓘ
linked to: Islamic medicine

Renaissance medicine ⓘ
Unani medicine ⓘ
linked to: Persian medicine

early modern European medicine ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
interpretsDiseaseAs imbalance of humors ⓘ
relatedTo Hippocratic medicine ⓘ
transmittedThrough Arabic medical translations ⓘ
Latin medical texts ⓘ
usesConcept black bile ⓘ
blood ⓘ
cold ⓘ
dry ⓘ
four humors ⓘ
four qualities ⓘ
hot ⓘ
phlegm ⓘ
wet ⓘ
yellow bile ⓘ
usesMethod clinical case observation ⓘ
logical reasoning from symptoms ⓘ
viewedBodyAs system governed by humoral and qualitative balance ⓘ

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Islamic medicine → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
De vita libri tres → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Galen → movement → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Roman medicine → hasText → Galenic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
Persian medicine → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Galenic medicine → coreTextualBasis → writings of Galen ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
Syriac medical tradition → adapts → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Syriac medical tradition → sourceFor → Islamic Galenic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
Al-Majusi → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Ibn al-Jazzar → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
The Canon of Medicine → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Al-Hawi → usesSource → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Kitab al-Mansuri → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Kitab al-Adwiya al-Mufrada → tradition → Greco-Arabic medicine ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
Hakim Ajmal Khan → fieldOfWork → Unani medicine ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
De Gradibus → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
subject linked to: De Gradibus (On Degrees)
Withania → usedIn → Unani medicine ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
Spiritual Medicine → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
De visione voce auditu → influencedBy → Galenic anatomy ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
De vita sana → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
De vita longa → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Hippocratic Corpus → influenced → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Western herbalism → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
On the Properties of Foodstuffs → framework → Galenic dietetics ⓘ
linked to: Galenic medicine
Byzantine medicine → basedOn → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Book of Simplification → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Ismail Gorgani → usedSources → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Renaissance medicine → influencedBy → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Canon Medicinae → basedOn → Galenic medicine ⓘ
Al-Mansuri fi al-tibb → relatedDiscipline → Galenic medicine ⓘ