Galenism
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Paris was at the centre of the revival of Galenism, and as well as being taught the works of the master, Vesalius also learned his skill at dissection during his time there.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
When we say "cool as a cucumber," we are talking Galenism.
From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Also the analogy between the behavior of blood and wine was then conventional, and the supposed connection between the "sour" blood and indigestion with the resulting acid humors is in accord with Galenism.
From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Thomas Proctor Hughes
Galenism suffered especially from logical systematization, and the system of van Helmont, while far less orderly, also had its own basic principles on which all else depended.
From Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 by Charles W. Bodemer
Even in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Galenism held almost undisputed sway.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by James Sands Elliott
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