How to use Galenism in a sentence
Riverius, who lived from 1589 to 1655, was a staunch Galenist.
Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England | Charles W. BodemerThe means the Galenist employed were chiefly diet and vegetable remedies, with the use of the lancet and other depleting agents.
Medical Essays | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
British Dictionary definitions for Galenism
Galenism
/ (ˈɡeɪlɪˌnɪzəm) /
noun
a system of medicine based on the 84 surviving technical treatises of Galen, including the theory of the four bodily humours
Derived forms of Galenism
- Galenist, adjective, noun
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