Impact of Galen PDF

Starter: Lots of Humour! 5 Min s Let’s see what you remember about the Four Humours! What are the Four How do people g...

Starter: Lots of Humour! 5 Min s Let’s see what you remember about the Four Humours! What are the Four How do people get Humours? sick from the Four Humours? Blood: the red life force of our “One or more body essential for life. of your humours are Phlegm: the water substance out of we cough or sneeze up, or cry balance and in tears. need to be Yellow Bile: Appears in the brough back body as pus or light coloured into vomit. balance!” Black Bile: Could be clotted blood, excrement or dark coloured vomit.  Key Question / Learning Intention: To assess and decide… How important was Galen’s contribution to medicine? Who Was Galen? Galen was born in the year 129 AD in Pergamum, Turkey, which was part of the Roman Empire. He studied in Alexandria, Egypt and was a doctor to gladiators, which gave him great knowledge of the body and wounds. He was boastful and a showman and later became the Emperor Commodus’ personal  Who Was Galen? Let’s watch a video about Galen and his discoveries. As you watch, try to note down any discoveries and weaknesses.  The Theory of Opposites Galen used the ideas of the Four Humours to make his own theory. The Theory of Opposites meant that once you had diagnosed the problem, the Humours could be balanced by treating it with the opposite remedy. E.g. Too much phlegm? E.g. Have a fever? You That’s a cold symptom. must be hot! So eat a So eat a pepper! cucumber to cool you down!  What Did Galen Discover? It’s time to find out a little more about what Galen discovered. Task: Use the information down the centre of the worksheet to complete the questions around the outside. Useful vocab words are on the next page. Challenge: In what way has Galen improved on the medical approaches of the Egyptians and the Greeks?  What Did Galen Discover? Useful Vocab Words: Live Ambitious – Someone who r wants to become famous or successful. Dissection – Cutting open a body to look inside. Examine – To look very closely to find something out. Lectures – Public speeches. Apes Nervous System – The system in our body controlling how we feel things. Cucum Observe – To study something ber closely.  Why Was Galen Important? 1) Galen wrote over 350books Task: Copy and ____________. scribes He employed complete the ______________ to write his ideas sentences, using the down. word bank to help solved 2) By writing so much, people fill the blanks. believed he had ____________ respecte everything. 3) He Word Bank: d was Roman, and many - respected people ________________ Roman - 1,000 Hippocrates cleverness. - Hippocrate 4) He used the work of 1,000 ________________ but took it s - scribes further. - Christian 5) Galen wasGod popular _________ - solved Christian years later because he wrote - books about there being one _______. - God This was popular in Muslim and  Let’s Review! Let’s see what you remember! Choose the correct option! Be Which goes careful as you might need to where? choose more than one. Egyp Gree Rom t ce e 1) Theory of the Four humours 2) Blocked Channels Theory 3) Theory of Opposites 4) Spirits Cause Disease 5) Direct Observation Important 6) Created the Asclepion 7) Bleeding and Purging Treatments 8) Mummification Carried Out