Roman Medicine Vs Greek Medicine

Greek medicine is traditional indigenous holistic healing system of Western civilization. This is based on healing arts that consist of natural remedies. It was believed that this type of medicine was a form of religion or magic where rituals were used as treatments for all type of diseases. It all began and systematized by the Greek philosopher and physician known as Hippocrates in the 4th century B.C.E. Medicine as many other things in life are expected to developed over the course of time into something greater. In this case traditional medicine evolved into something much bigger than natural remedies as it expanded into learned medicine. Learned medicine focus more on the study of the human body instead of focusing on nature and what it can provide. …show more content…
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Galen connected a person’s bodily temperament and personality to imbalances of their humors. The four humours consisted of blood, phlegm, yellow bible, and black bible. It was believed that the balance and purity of these bodily fluid were essential for everyone’s health. In Greek it was believed that everything on earth including the human body were created by the 4 elements fire, water, air, and earth. The human body linked the 4 humours into the 4 qualities and seasons. The 4 qualities were hot, dry, cold, and wet the four seasons were summer, autumn, winter, and spring. According to Galen, “good-humor” consisted of sanguine, melancholic, phlegmatic, and choleric. An imbalance of these 4 humours it would cause disease and affect the personality and behavior of a person also known as