What is Galen's ideas on human circulation?

Answer 1

Galen was a Greek Doctor Who worked in Rome in the 2nd century. While he was in Rome he developed the theory of the four humors ( the four liquid thought to make up the human body) and came up with his own theory. the theory of opposites, Galen thought that if you had a temperature (too much blood) you should eat cool things like cucumbers. if you were to cold (too much phlegm) , you would be told to eat hot things like hot peppers.

he also believed strongly in bloodletting which is what they would do if yo were thought to have to much blood. they would take some out.

He also discovered that the arteries carry blood not air. He also discovered that the kidneys produce urine not the bladder.

Answer 2

Galen's ideas on human circulation was that there was only arteries and the blood was pumped in and out of the arteries. This has improved, we have found many more specifications in our human circulatory system.

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Answer 3

Galen's theory was that illness was caused by an imbalance of the four humours: blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile. He recommended specific diets to help in the "cleansing of the putrefied juices" and often purging and bloodletting would be used. This theory was accepted until challenged by Paracelsus who believed that illness was the result of the body being attacked by outside agents.

Answer 4

Galen, a prominent physician in ancient Rome, believed that the liver produced blood, which was then distributed by veins throughout the body. He thought that blood was absorbed by tissues and then returned to the heart via the veins. Galen's theories on human circulation influenced medical understanding for centuries, until they were later challenged and refined by early modern anatomists.

Answer 5

Galen's ideas were to lick all of the people in the world using heart beat

Answer 6

He used pulse rate to help diagnose illness.

Answer 7

Blood