Early Years and Edcuation
The hometown of young Galen
What is Pergamum?
His early writing was based on this
What are anatomy and physiology?
This carries blood
What are arteries?
Galen was known as a physician, a writer, and...
What is a philosopher?
Important to staying fit and strong
What is a healthy diet?
The career of Galen's father
What is an architect?
Galen's medical hero
Who was Hippocrates?
Galen checked these on patients to determine disease
What is a pulse?
Galen produced more of these than any other doctor
What are books?
Galen used Hippocrates' idea behind blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm
What are the four humours?
The science Galen was most interested in
What is anatomy?
Different bloods that Galen identified
What are dark red and bright red?
During this time period, Galen was the most famous doctor
What is the Roman Empire?
Four elements of the humours
What are hot, cold, wet, and dry?
Galen's switch to medicine was the cause of
What is a dream?
Procedure in science to learn more about the human body
What is dissection?
How ill patients were treated by Galen
What is an opposite remedy?
1,500 years after Galen's discoveries
What are the Dark Ages?
Galen's three-part system of "spirits"
What are the liver, heart, and brain?
Galen's medical career started with these men
Who are gladiators?
Galen became a personal doctor to
Who are the emperors of Rome?
Where four chambers exist
What is the heart?
The method used in his medical investigations
What is the experimental method?
A discovery from William Harvey that defined and explained Galen's discovery
What is blood circulation?